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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, when does Mrs. Whatsit say the children will return home?
(a) With any luck, in five weeks.
(b) In a few days unless something goes wrong.
(c) Unless something goes wrong, in one year.
(d) About five minutes before they left.

2. What is the last thing Mrs. Whatsit says to Charles Wallace before he tessers to Camazotz?
(a) "Only fools would venture such a journey."
(b) "Only a fool listens to what I have to say."
(c) "You're foolish if you really believe you'll see your father again."
(d) "Only a fool is not afraid."

3. Who does Calvin want to call from the Murry home?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) One of his friends.

4. What is the weather like the night Mrs. Whatsit appeared at the Murry house?
(a) Overcast, about to rain.
(b) Dark and stormy.
(c) Rainy and hailing.
(d) Sunny and breezy.

5. How old is Calvin?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 call Charles Wallace and Meg?

2. What does Charles Wallace offer to make in the kitchen?

3. What does Calvin call Charles Wallace in Chapter 2?

4. Where is Meg's bedroom?

5. What did Mrs. Whatsit not mean to tell the children about being a star?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does seeing her planet from a distance covered in a black haze help Meg better understand her home?

2. Mrs. Whatsit says that when they return back to earth, Mrs. Murry won't notice that they were gone at all. Why?

3. Do you think Meg reacts too strongly to Charles' and Mrs. Who's talk about her father in Chapter 2?

4. Why is it important to know that Mrs. Whatsit is over two million years old?

5. How would you explain the reason(s) for Meg's anger?

6. Describe the dark shadow's power over the children after they see it.

7. Why does the image of Calvin's mother make the Happy Medium react in a negative way?

8. Why is Meg so perturbed that Charles Wallace and Mrs. Murry are so quick to welcome Mrs. Whatsit into their home?

9. As Charles Wallace and Meg head into the woods to the haunted house, several things happen between these two siblings that show their closeness. Name one thing that happens and how it demonstrates their close bond.

10. When Meg and Calvin talk about Meg's missing father, at one point she says she wishes she were a different person because she hates herself. Do you think she wishes she were more like her mother?

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