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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After she tessers with her father and Calvin out of Camazotz, what happens to Meg?
(a) She becomes an expert at tessering.
(b) She becomes temporarily paralyzed.
(c) She learns a mysterious new language.
(d) She loses her eyesight.

2. Charles Wallace takes Meg and Calvin to a transparent column. Who is in that column?
(a) Meg's brothers, Sandy and Dennys.
(b) Meg's mother, Mrs. Murry.
(c) Calvin's mother.
(d) Meg's father, Mr. Murry.

3. What is it that Meg has but IT does not have?
(a) The ability to remember.
(b) The ability to love.
(c) The ability to work math.
(d) The ability to reason.

4. What is the name of the Beasts' planet?
(a) Ixchel.
(b) Land of the Beasts.
(c) Camazotz Two.
(d) Little Uriel.

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

6. Charles does something to the man with strange eyes that he learned from his older twin brothers. What does he do?
(a) He takes the man by the hand and dances with him.
(b) He hits the man as hard as he can.
(c) He slaps the man, not too harshly, on his hands.
(d) He challenges the man to a game of chess.

7. When Charles focuses on the strange man's eyes in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building, why does Meg jump on her younger brother with all her might?
(a) She is sick and tired of Charles Wallace's antics.
(b) She wants to try jumping the way her twin brothers do.
(c) She wants to look into the man's red eyes.
(d) She sees that her brother is getting hypnotized.

8. When Meg is about to leave on her rescue mission, why does she ask her father for forgiveness?
(a) Because she said she hated him.
(b) Because she accused him of hating Charles Wallace.
(c) Because she called him a bad father.
(d) She made him feel bad.

9. Before seeing anyone new enter the Beasts' dining area in Chapter 12, Meg's heart "pounds with hope." Why?
(a) Because her mother has suddenly appeared on Ixchel.
(b) Because she has convinced her father to reconsider.
(c) Because the Beasts have offered to go with her.
(d) Because she knows the Mrs. W's have arrived.

10. After being hypnotized, what does Charles Wallace call Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which?
(a) A trio of mean old ladies.
(b) Enemies who confused them.
(c) Old ladies who should be in an elderly home.
(d) A bunch of witches from the east.

11. Meg and Charles Wallace refuse to let Calvin go into the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building by himself. Why?
(a) Meg thinks that Calvin has a bad sense of direction and will exit the wrong way.
(b) Because Mrs. Whatsit said they must always be together.
(c) Charles Wallace is suspicious and thinks Calvin might be up to something.
(d) Because Meg is scared of being alone with Charles Wallace.

12. Although Charles Wallace looks the same after being hypnotized, he acts as if someone has possessed him. How does Meg know this?
(a) He calls her Mary.
(b) His eyes turn cold and strange.
(c) He calls her Mother.
(d) He calls her Margaret.

13. Why does the beast tell Meg she can't go to rescue her brother just yet?
(a) Because she has to wait for Mrs. Whatsit.
(b) Because she's not well enough.
(c) Because it's too dark outside to see anything.
(d) Because Mr. Murry and Calvin aren't well either.

14. What is IT?
(a) A very old woman.
(b) A brain.
(c) An ancient god.
(d) A robot.

15. What is the reminder Mrs. Whatsit says about Camazotz that pains Meg?
(a) That Charles Wallace has no desire to be rescued.
(b) That if they will likely be imprisoned and put to sleep.
(c) That the Mrs. W's cannot do anything on Camazotz.
(d) That they have never been interested in Camazotz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sense do the Beasts not have that surprises Meg?

2. What does the Man with Red Eyes say when Calvin accuses him of hypnotizing Charles Wallace?

3. What is Charles Wallace's interesting explanation for the lack of conflict on Camazotz?

4. Once Charles Wallace has been successfully hypnotized by the man with strange eyes, how does Meg react?

5. What does Charles Wallace tell Meg and Calvin to do in front of the strange man in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building?

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