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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) Going from the fifth to the sixth dimension.
(b) Going from the fourth to the fifth dimension.
(c) Going from the second to the third dimension.
(d) They were still only in the conceptual stages.

2. What do the children see when they look into the Happy Medium's ball?
(a) They see Uriel not their planet.
(b) They see their planet as it is in photographs.
(c) They see only the oceans.
(d) They see their planet covered with the Dark Thing.

3. When Calvin says he's horrible in math, what does Mrs. Murry suggest he do?
(a) Get a good math tutor.
(b) Get help from Charles Wallace who's a genius.
(c) Get help from Meg who's a math genius.
(d) Give up math and focus on literature.

4. After Mrs. Whatsit metamorphoses, what do the children call her?
(a) Mrs. Whatsit.
(b) Beautiful Lady.
(c) Mrs. Flying Unicorn.
(d) Mrs. W.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Meg realizes she's hungry and hasn't had much to eat since the stew at home, what does Charles Wallace reveal about the three old ladies and their eating habits?

4. What impresses the twins about Calvin more than Meg?

5. How old is Calvin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?"

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

7. Name some of the sensations Meg experiences as she tessers for the first time.

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

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

10. 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?

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