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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. How do the Beasts help Meg recover?
(a) They hypnotize her using positive thoughts.
(b) They cleanse her through a series of hot baths.
(c) They make her feel safe and secure.
(d) They give her wild herbs that cure her paralysis.

2. When the Thing picks Meg up, how many of its arms does it use to cradle her?
(a) Just one.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. What sense do the Beasts not have that surprises Meg?
(a) Smell.
(b) Touch.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Sight.

4. Mrs. Whatsit says that if the Happy Medium could always tell them what was going to happen, they would be just like the people of Camazotz because:
(a) They would have to live on a dark planet.
(b) They would have no lives of their own.
(c) They would eat very uninteresting food.
(d) They would skip rope and bounce balls.

5. What finally saves Mr. Murry from being absorbed by IT?
(a) Seeing Charles Wallace absorbed into IT.
(b) Seeing Meg and Calvin restores his faith.
(c) His superior intelligence.
(d) Meeting Mrs. Who.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does one of the Beasts insist that Meg gets treated promptly?

2. Mrs. Whatsit says the reason that Mr. Murry is bad at tessering is:

3. What happens when Meg rushes to the object with her father inside?

4. In Chapter 8, Charles says everything on Camazotz is in order. Why?

5. Why does Mr. Murry hand Mrs. Who's glasses back to Meg in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Relate the message Mrs. Which gives Meg when she lands for the second time on Camazotz.

2. In Chapter 10, what disappoints Meg most about her father?

3. Who does Aunt Beast resemble?

4. Do you think it's dawning on Meg at all by Chapter 11 that she might end up rescuing her little brother on her own?

5. Back on Earth at the end of the book, what does Mr. Murry say about something he needs to do?

6. What does Meg say she understands when she agrees to go on her own to rescue Charles Wallace?

7. Describe Mr. Murry when the children see him in Chapter 9.

8. What does Mr. Murry tell Calvin about his experience in Camazotz that leads Meg to doubt her father?

9. Calvin says that if three of the Beasts arrived on his planet, he would shoot them. What does that say about his beliefs?

10. Describe IT and your first reaction to reading what IT actually is.

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