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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 Calvin attempt with Charles Wallace in Chapter 8 that nearly costs him and Meg to lose their chance to get to Mr. Murry?
(a) He tries to pin Charles to the floor.
(b) He hugs Charles warmly and congratulates him.
(c) He tries to trick him into thinking he and Meg agree.
(d) He punches Charles very hard.

2. Who comes up with the idea for the name "Aunt Beast"?
(a) Meg.
(b) Mr. Murry.
(c) The beast.
(d) One of the other beasts.

3. Why is Mr. Murry able to keep from being absorbed by IT?
(a) Mr. Murry refuses and resists, which IT is unused to.
(b) He is smarter than IT.
(c) He fools IT by dressing like the man with Red Eyes.
(d) His biological makeup makes it difficult for IT to absorb.

4. What happens when Meg rushes to the object with her father inside?
(a) She smashes it and jumps inside.
(b) She stands and looks at her father in disbelief.
(c) She presses her nose against it and looks at her father.
(d) She crashes into it.

5. After she tessers with her father and Calvin out of Camazotz, what happens to Meg?
(a) She becomes temporarily paralyzed.
(b) She becomes an expert at tessering.
(c) She loses her eyesight.
(d) She learns a mysterious new language.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charles Wallace react to Meg rushing to the object containing their father in Chapter 9?

2. What does Meg do when Charles Wallace doesn't let her inside the object containing her father?

3. When the Man with the Red Eyes decides to let Meg see her father, who does he assign to take her?

4. How does Calvin nearly break Charles Wallace out of his spell in Chapter 9?

5. What is the reminder Mrs. Whatsit says about Camazotz that pains Meg?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Man with Red Eyes.

4. How does the hypnotized Charles Wallace describe Camazotz?

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

6. Does Charles Wallace obey his father when they meet in Chapter 9?

7. Meg and Calvin accuse the Man with Red Eyes of hypnotizing Charles Wallace. The Man with Red Eyes says that's a "primitive" way of describing what he's done. How would you describe it?

8. Other than being forced, is there another reason that makes Meg follow Charles Wallace when he says he'll lead them to their father?

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

10. Although the children refuse to obey the command of Man with Red Eyes to recite the multiplication tables, he is hardly discouraged because they're still young. "The younger the better," he says. What does he mean?

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