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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Charles Wallace take Meg, Calvin and Mr. Murry in Chapter 9?
(a) To a room where they meet the man with Red Eyes.
(b) To a dungeon.
(c) To see IT.
(d) To a secret hiding place.

2. How does the man with strange eyes in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building try to control the children's minds?
(a) He recites multiplication tables.
(b) He sings children's songs.
(c) He talks about basketball to Calvin.
(d) He tries to befriend Meg by telling her she's beautiful.

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

4. What finally saves Mr. Murry from being absorbed by IT?
(a) Seeing Meg and Calvin restores his faith.
(b) His superior intelligence.
(c) Seeing Charles Wallace absorbed into IT.
(d) Meeting Mrs. Who.

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

6. When all of the main characters get back to Earth, where do they land?
(a) In the haunted house.
(b) In the lab.
(c) In the Murry's kitchen.
(d) In the twins' vegetable garden.

7. 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:
(a) They would skip rope and bounce balls.
(b) They would have no lives of their own.
(c) They would eat very uninteresting food.
(d) They would have to live on a dark planet.

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

9. Why won't the Mrs. W's help Mr. Murry tesser back to Camazotz?
(a) Because they instantly dislike Mr. Murry.
(b) Because they're too tired to teach proper tessering.
(c) Because they are not good at tessering themselves.
(d) Because they somehow know he will not succeed.

10. How does the man with strange eyes react to Meg's action toward Charles when Charles was looking into the strange man's eyes?
(a) He has no reaction.
(b) He becomes angry, and impatient.
(c) He smiles in admiration of her strength.
(d) He gets off his stage and jumps onto Meg.

11. Why does Mr. Murry hand Mrs. Who's glasses back to Meg in Chapter 11?
(a) Their virtue has gone and they are now only glass.
(b) They didn't work as Mrs. Who said they would.
(c) They are ugly and don't look nice on him.
(d) He doesn't believe in Mrs. Who, so he feels no need to keep them.

12. While in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building, Meg asks for food because she's hungry. What do four men in smocks arrive with moments later?
(a) Macaroni and cheese.
(b) Something that smells like a roasted pig.
(c) A table and something that smelled like turkey.
(d) Cheeseburgers and fries.

13. 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 IT.
(b) Put them to sleep.
(c) Send them to a two-dimensional planet.
(d) Send them to a special prison on Camazotz.

14. What does Charles Wallace tell Meg and Calvin to do in front of the strange man in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building?
(a) To look and see that his eyes are brown not red.
(b) Not look in his eyes.
(c) To stare the man down.
(d) To ask the man about his hobbies.

15. At first, Meg cannot get enough of the Beasts' delicious food, but she loses her appetite when her father says ____________________________.
(a) He has no desire to return to either Camazotz or Earth.
(b) If they return to Camazotz they will be executed.
(c) He doesn't think it would be wise for him to return to Camazotz.
(d) The food they are eating has dangerous qualities that might kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the beast tell Meg she can't go to rescue her brother just yet?

2. What happens when Mr. Murry puts Mrs. Who's glasses on?

3. When the Thing picks Meg up, how many of its arms does it use to cradle her?

4. Aunt Beast tells Meg that in the fight against the Black Thing, the following helps the Beasts:

5. Who comes up with the idea for the name "Aunt Beast"?

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