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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. When Calvin goes to a house to return the ball that a little boy dropped on the street, the boy's mother is reluctant to let him in because ____________________.
(a) She has nothing to offer him and his friends.
(b) Calvin looks like he might want to fight her son.
(c) Calvin hasn't shown her any papers.
(d) Calvin is tall and scary.

2. How does Meg react when the Happy Medium shows her mother in the crystal ball?
(a) She can't stop crying.
(b) She gloats because her mother is so beautiful.
(c) She has no reaction.
(d) At first she cries, then resolves to find her father.

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

4. Just as Calvin tells Meg she has "dream-boat eyes," who appears from out of nowhere?
(a) Meg's father.
(b) Mrs. Murry.
(c) Mrs. Whatsit.
(d) Charles Wallace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Meg feel when she notices the dark shadow?

2. Meg asks her mother to tell her more about the tesseract in Chapter 3, but what does Mrs. Murry tell her instead?

3. What does Mrs. Whatsit call Mrs. Murry that "one wouldn't ordinarily think of calling Mrs. Murry?"

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

5. The dog growls at the lab door in Chapter 1, and Mrs. Murry goes to see who's there. When she returns, who does she bring inside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Charles Wallace a pest to Meg in Chapter 3?

2. Can you describe Mrs. Which, as seen in Chapter 3?

3. Do you think the family's worries about how Charles Wallace will fit into school next year when he starts are warranted?

4. 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?

5. When the Happy Medium shows Meg her mother, she reacts with anger. Why might this reaction be a good thing this time?

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

7. Why do the children need the flowers during the flight with Mrs. Whatsit?

8. How does Mrs. Whatsit use the example of an insect traveling across a piece of string to explain how she and the other women "tesser?"

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

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

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