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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does one of the Beasts insist that Meg gets treated promptly?
(a) Because the Black Thing has paralzyed her brain.
(b) Because the coldness of the Black Thing burns.
(c) Because the coldness of the Black Thing causes flu.
(d) Because she's experiencing nausea.

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

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

5. 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 gets down on her knees and begs.
(c) She kicks him in the head and knocks him down.
(d) She hurls herself at him.

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

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

8. 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 Margaret.
(b) He calls her Mother.
(c) His eyes turn cold and strange.
(d) He calls her Mary.

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

10. 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) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Love.

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

12. How did Mr. Murry end up on Camazotz?
(a) He deliberately planned to go to Camazotz.
(b) He got Camazotz confused with another planet.
(c) He heard that Camazotz was a nice place.
(d) He tessered without any idea where he was going.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles does something to the man with strange eyes that he learned from his older twin brothers. What does he do?

2. How has Mr. Murry's appearance changed when the children see him in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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