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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. As stated in Chapter 5, how will the group travel?
(a) In a special time-space machine.
(b) They will use a combination of flying and walking.
(c) They will consult another group of women who can fly.
(d) They will tesser.

2. What does Calvin call Charles Wallace in Chapter 2?
(a) Charlsie.
(b) Moron.
(c) Charles Wallace.
(d) Little one.

3. Why does Meg look at her mother with a mixture of admiration and resentment in Chapter 1?
(a) Her mother is a kind and beautiful woman, as well as a brilliant scientist.
(b) Her mother is beautiful and speaks fluent French.
(c) Her mother works at home and always looks fresh.
(d) Her mother is pretty and every man wants to marry her.

4. When Mrs. Whatsit rests on a plateau in Chapter 4, what does she show the children?
(a) Mars in the distance.
(b) One of Uriel's moons.
(c) The sun.
(d) Saturn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Whatsit tell Meg not to cry after seeing the dark shadow?

2. How does the author describe Calvin O'Keefe when Meg and Charles Wallace first meet him?

3. According to Mrs. Whatsit, how long has the Dark Thing been darkening the beauty of the earth?

4. How many children are bouncing balls out of rhythm in Camazotz?

5. Why does Mrs. Murry tell Calvin she continues with an experiment that afternoon that she and Mr. Murry had started earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Meg's appearance.

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

3. Why does Meg sob heavily when she discovers her father is probably behind the Dark Thing?

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

5. Why does Meg have such a hard time fitting in at school?

6. 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?

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

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

9. Describe Calvin's family life as he tells it to the Murrys.

10. 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.

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