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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sense do the Beasts not have that surprises Meg?
(a) Sight.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Touch.
(d) Smell.

2. Despite escaping IT with her father, why does Meg feel things have gotten worse and worse?
(a) Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which never appear.
(b) She isn't back home with her mother.
(c) She is now in a place that is drearier than Camazotz.
(d) She is frozen, and IT still has her brother.

3. What eventually gets Meg through the object containing her father and able to get to him?
(a) Calvin's incredible strength.
(b) Mrs. Whatsit's advice to be angry.
(c) The sound of Mrs. Which's voice somewhere.
(d) Mrs. Who's glasses.

4. Aunt Beast tells Meg that in the fight against the Black Thing, the following helps the Beasts:
(a) Rocks, wood planks and fire.
(b) Knives, swords, bows and arrows.
(c) Deep negative thoughts.
(d) Good, the stars, light, and love.

5. In Chapter 8, Charles says everything on Camazotz is in order. Why?
(a) Because there is no leader on the planet.
(b) Because everybody rebels against tradition.
(c) Because everybody goes to a party everyday.
(d) Because everybody has learned to submit.

6. Why is Mr. Murry able to keep from being absorbed by IT?
(a) Mr. Murry refuses and resists, which IT is unused to.
(b) He fools IT by dressing like the man with Red Eyes.
(c) He is smarter than IT.
(d) His biological makeup makes it difficult for IT to absorb.

7. What are the Things in Chapter 10?
(a) Little insects that bother Meg.
(b) The inhabitants of an unnamed planet.
(c) No one knows.
(d) The things that Mr. Murry needs to get his son back.

8. When the Thing picks Meg up, how many of its arms does it use to cradle her?
(a) Two.
(b) Just one.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

9. What happens when Meg rushes to the object with her father inside?
(a) She crashes into it.
(b) She presses her nose against it and looks at her father.
(c) She smashes it and jumps inside.
(d) She stands and looks at her father in disbelief.

10. How does Charles Wallace react to Meg rushing to the object containing their father in Chapter 9?
(a) He rushes to help her up.
(b) He cries.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He jumps in front of her and blocks her view.

11. What does the Man with Red Eyes say when Calvin accuses him of hypnotizing Charles Wallace?
(a) He calls Charles's state of mind sweet and kind.
(b) He completely agrees Charles is hypnotized.
(c) The Man with Red Eyes says nothing at all.
(d) He thinks hypnotized is a primitive way of describing it.

12. Soon after Meg is reunited with her father in Chapter 9, what, to her horror, does she realize about him?
(a) That he cannot see.
(b) That he cannot hear her.
(c) That it's not her father.
(d) That her father is near death.

13. What do Calvin, Meg, and Charles Wallace see at the end of the room filled with machines in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building?
(a) A platform made to look like a boxing ring.
(b) A platform with ballerinas dancing to music.
(c) A platform with a chair, and a man.
(d) A platform with just a chair on it and nothing else.

14. What does Meg do when Charles Wallace doesn't let her inside the object containing her father?
(a) She tries to reason with him.
(b) She kicks him in the head and knocks him down.
(c) She hurls herself at him.
(d) She gets down on her knees and begs.

15. What gift does Mrs. Whatsit give to Meg before she leaves on her rescue mission at the end of the novel?
(a) A weatherproof cape.
(b) Love.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, Calvin urges Meg to try explaining to everyone who Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which are, but when Meg tries, she fumbles. Why?

2. When Meg is about to leave on her rescue mission, why does she ask her father for forgiveness?

3. Mrs. Whatsit says that if the Happy Medium could always tell them what was going to happen, they would be just like the people of Camazotz because:

4. When Meg is reunited with her father at the Beasts' dining table, why does she feel distant from him?

5. At first, Meg cannot get enough of the Beasts' delicious food, but she loses her appetite when her father says ____________________________.

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