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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. Why does one of the Beasts insist that Meg gets treated promptly?
(a) Because the coldness of the Black Thing causes flu.
(b) Because the coldness of the Black Thing burns.
(c) Because she's experiencing nausea.
(d) Because the Black Thing has paralzyed her brain.

2. Why can't Meg hug Mrs. Whatsit when she sees her again in Chapter 12?
(a) Mrs. Whatsit lost her arms in her most recent fight against the Black Thing.
(b) Because Mrs. Whatsit is covered in a mist from the Black Thing.
(c) Because Mrs. Whatsit hasn't completely materialized.
(d) Because Mrs. Whatsit is now so fat Meg can't wrap her arms around the old lady.

3. After being hypnotized, what does Charles Wallace call Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which?
(a) A bunch of witches from the east.
(b) Old ladies who should be in an elderly home.
(c) A trio of mean old ladies.
(d) Enemies who confused them.

4. How does the man with strange eyes react to Meg's action toward Charles when Charles was looking into the strange man's eyes?
(a) He gets off his stage and jumps onto Meg.
(b) He smiles in admiration of her strength.
(c) He has no reaction.
(d) He becomes angry, and impatient.

5. 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 eat very uninteresting food.
(c) They would skip rope and bounce balls.
(d) They would have no lives of their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Man with Red Eyes say when Calvin accuses him of hypnotizing Charles Wallace?

2. Charles Wallace pulls Meg and Calvin aside in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building to tell them what?

3. What does Charles Wallace tell Meg and Calvin to do in front of the strange man in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building?

4. After the Man with Red Eyes orders his men to release Meg and Calvin, he identifies himself as __________________.

5. Soon after Meg is reunited with her father in Chapter 9, what, to her horror, does she realize about him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. People on Camazotz refer to IT but never define what IT is. Why?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. Describe the Man with Red Eyes.

8. When Meg comes to in Chapter 10, she doesn't know where she is and she can't move. What has happened to her after tessering from Camazotz?

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

10. Meg goes from a baby having a tantrum to a somewhat-mature young woman in a flash when she suddenly decides to go alone to rescue Charles Wallace. Is this turn-around too quick?

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