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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. How does the author describe Calvin O'Keefe when Meg and Charles Wallace first meet him?
(a) Tall, with black hair, pale skin and blue eyes.
(b) Short with black hair and blue eyes.
(c) Tall, with orange hair, freckles, and blue eyes.
(d) Tall and blond.

2. Before dinner is served in Chapter 3, Mrs. Murry tells Meg to do what?
(a) Take out the garbage.
(b) Write in her journal.
(c) Finish her homework.
(d) Clean the house.

3. What does Mrs. Whatsit order Charles Wallace NOT to do while on Camazotz?
(a) If he must, he should run off on his own.
(b) To go off on his own, but always stay with Meg and Calvin.
(c) Call out for his father by name.
(d) If he wants to join the people of Camazotz, he can.

4. What does Calvin read to Charles Wallace before putting him to bed in Chapter 3?
(a) Genesis.
(b) The New Testament.
(c) Oasis.
(d) The Lord of the Rings.

5. What part of the tesseract were Meg's parents working on before her father disappeared?
(a) Going from the fourth to the fifth dimension.
(b) Going from the second to the third dimension.
(c) Going from the fifth to the sixth dimension.
(d) They were still only in the conceptual stages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dennys believe that Charles Wallace will have a hard time in school next year?

2. When Mrs. Whatsit rests on a plateau in Chapter 4, what does she show the children?

3. What does Mrs. Whatsit give to Charles Wallace before they part ways in Chapter 6?

4. What is the last thing Mrs. Whatsit says to Charles Wallace before he tessers to Camazotz?

5. What does Mrs. Whatsit say they do instead of travel at the speed of anything?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Charles Wallace a little too protective of Meg? Does he keep her from growing up?

2. Is it a good idea to bring the children to Uriel before traveling to the next planet?

3. What was Mrs Whatsit and what did she do before she became who she is now?

4. What does Mrs. Whatsit give to each of the children before they part on Camazotz?

5. Why do you think Mrs. Whatsit gives Charles Wallace the "resilience of your childhood"?

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

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

8. What upsets Charles Wallace and Meg about finding Calvin at the haunted house?

9. Describe Meg's appearance.

10. Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who continue to elaborate about the fight against the Black Thing by naming other fighters. Who are some of those fighters, and what does it say about the Black Thing?

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