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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Meg realize she's the only one who can rescue Charles Wallace?
(a) She's already professional at tessering.
(b) She's the closest in age to him.
(c) They know and understand each other best.
(d) She has memorized the streets and buildings on Camazotz.

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

3. Before the children reach Mr. Murry in Chapter 8, who does Charles Wallace show them?
(a) The little boy who couldn't bounce his ball in rhythm.
(b) A woman with red eyes.
(c) The wife of the Premiere Coordinator.
(d) Camazotz deviants who will soon be put to sleep.

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

5. Why does Meg conclude in Chapter 10 that her father isn't very good at tessering?
(a) They are still on Camazotz.
(b) They transport to the planet of Uriel.
(c) He has no idea where they are now.
(d) He thinks he is at home.

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

7. Who comes up with the idea for the name "Aunt Beast"?
(a) Mr. Murry.
(b) The beast.
(c) One of the other beasts.
(d) Meg.

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

9. What does Charles Wallace tell Meg in Chapter 9 that she must do in order to get to her father?
(a) Get a sledge hammer to break the column.
(b) Learn how to rearrange molecules in walls.
(c) Go into IT.
(d) She can't do anything, she should just give up.

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

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

12. When Meg can speak in Chapter 10, she tells her father firmly, in a voice that she has never used with him before that they shouldn't have tessered. Why?
(a) Because they should have just used a plane.
(b) Because he's not sure where they are now.
(c) Because now she realizes that he's not so smart.
(d) Because she's tired of tessering.

13. Charles Wallace pulls Meg and Calvin aside in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building to tell them what?
(a) To let the Man with the Red Eyes hypnotize him.
(b) Leave this CENTRAL Central Intelligence place.
(c) Get hypnotized because it might help him fit in at school.
(d) Meet with Mrs. Whatsit and see if she'll let him go on his own.

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

15. Meg and Calvin repeatedly question Charles Wallace on their way to Mr. Murry in Chapter 8. In response, what does he warn them he will do?
(a) Send them to a special prison on Camazotz.
(b) Put them to sleep.
(c) Send them to a two-dimensional planet.
(d) Send them to IT.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When one of the Things scoops Meg up, what does it tell Mr. Murry it's doing?

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

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

5. What finally saves Mr. Murry from being absorbed by IT?

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