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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 did Mr. Murry end up on Camazotz?
(a) He deliberately planned to go to Camazotz.
(b) He heard that Camazotz was a nice place.
(c) He got Camazotz confused with another planet.
(d) He tessered without any idea where he was going.

2. What gift does Mrs. Whatsit give to Meg before she leaves on her rescue mission at the end of the novel?
(a) Love.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) A weatherproof cape.

3. Meg and Calvin repeatedly question Charles Wallace on their way to Mr. Murry in Chapter 8. In response, what does he warn them he will do?
(a) Send them to a two-dimensional planet.
(b) Send them to IT.
(c) Put them to sleep.
(d) Send them to a special prison on Camazotz.

4. At one point in Chapter 8, Charles Wallace leads Calvin and Meg through a wall by raising his hand. What exactly did he do to get through a solid wall?
(a) The wall was a figment of Meg's and Calvin's imagination.
(b) He performed magic and made the wall disappear.
(c) He rearranged the atoms in the wall.
(d) His supernatural strengths crushed the wall.

5. When Meg can speak in Chapter 10, she tells her father firmly, in a voice that she has never used with him before that they shouldn't have tessered. Why?
(a) Because he's not sure where they are now.
(b) Because they should have just used a plane.
(c) Because now she realizes that he's not so smart.
(d) Because she's tired of tessering.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Charles Wallace's interesting explanation for the lack of conflict on Camazotz?

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

4. Why won't the Mrs. W's help Mr. Murry tesser back to Camazotz?

5. What is IT?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What emotion does Camazotz rely most upon to control its citizens?

3. Aside from being impatient, how else would you describe Meg?

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

6. Describe the Man with Red Eyes.

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

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. Who does Aunt Beast resemble?

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

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