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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. What does Mrs. Who give to Meg in Chapter 6?
(a) A Shakespearean sonnet.
(b) Her glasses.
(c) A book of spells and wizardry.
(d) A secret map of Camazotz.

2. When Meg finally joins Charles Wallace and Calvin in Chapter 4, what does she first notice about her surroundings?
(a) She's in a beautiful sunlit field on a fine spring day.
(b) She's in an ugly, neglected, and scary looking field.
(c) She's in a place that's identical to the one she left.
(d) She's in a field with exotic animals.

3. During the tesseract, the children nearly stop somewhere before a voice says they can't because _____________________________.
(a) They've accidentally bounced back to earth.
(b) It's a two-dimensional planet where they can't materialize.
(c) It's a planet whose dimensions they don't know.
(d) It's a planet so evil that it will destroy the children.

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

5. According to Mrs. Whatsit, how long has the Dark Thing been darkening the beauty of the earth?
(a) Less than one year.
(b) A good many years.
(c) A couple of years.
(d) About one year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before dinner is served in Chapter 3, Mrs. Murry tells Meg to do what?

2. How old is Calvin?

3. What is the example Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who utilize to illustrate how tessering works?

4. Who do the children meet when they enter the haunted house in Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Do you find it believable that Charles Wallace, a five-year-old boy who has not yet started school, is so articulate, so well-spoken and so assured of himself?

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

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

5. How does Calvin's personal life form him?

6. 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?

7. How would you define the tesseract?

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

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

10. What's the first thing the children notice about Camazotz that indicates it's a strange place?

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