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

2. When the children and the ladies are about to tesser in Chapter 5, who goes first?
(a) Meg.
(b) Charles Wallace.
(c) Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which.
(d) Charles Wallace, Calvin and Meg.

3. 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) Calvin looks like he might want to fight her son.
(b) She has nothing to offer him and his friends.
(c) Calvin hasn't shown her any papers.
(d) Calvin is tall and scary.

4. Where is Meg's bedroom?
(a) At the back of the house.
(b) In the basement.
(c) She shares a room with Charles Wallace.
(d) In the attic.

5. Who do Charles Wallace, Meg and Fortinbras meet at the house in the woods?
(a) Mrs. Murry.
(b) The school principal.
(c) Calvin O'Keefe.
(d) A policeman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what dimension do Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which travel?

2. What is Meg's first impression of Camazotz upon arriving?

3. How could Mrs. Who's manner of speech be described?

4. According to the Route Boy, what is in this most oriented city on the planet?

5. When Meg enters the kitchen at the beginning of the book, who is already there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How would you define the tesseract?

3. In Chapter 3, is Meg happy that she met Calvin, a popular athlete at school, or that she might be seeing her father again?

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

5. Do you think the principal acts professionally in his office when he scolds Meg and suggests that her father won't return?

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

7. What is going on as the story begins?

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

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

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

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