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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. Charles does something to the man with strange eyes that he learned from his older twin brothers. What does he do?
(a) He slaps the man, not too harshly, on his hands.
(b) He challenges the man to a game of chess.
(c) He takes the man by the hand and dances with him.
(d) He hits the man as hard as he can.

2. Charles Wallace pulls Meg and Calvin aside in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building to tell them what?
(a) Get hypnotized because it might help him fit in at school.
(b) Meet with Mrs. Whatsit and see if she'll let him go on his own.
(c) To let the Man with the Red Eyes hypnotize him.
(d) Leave this CENTRAL Central Intelligence place.

3. 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 crashes into it.
(d) She presses her nose against it and looks at her father.

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

5. What does the face of the strange man who communicates with Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building look like?
(a) He has blue eyes that remind Meg of her father.
(b) He has no face.
(c) His eyes are bright with a reddish glow.
(d) He has a very sweet face that's hard to describe.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Meg is reunited with her father at the Beasts' dining table, why does she feel distant from him?

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

3. How did Mr. Murry end up on Camazotz?

4. What gift does Mrs. Whatsit give to Meg before she leaves on her rescue mission at the end of the novel?

5. Where does Charles Wallace take Meg, Calvin and Mr. Murry in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Meg's reaction to the Beast who first touches her cheek with its tentacle.

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Describe the Man with Red Eyes.

9. The Beasts have a much smaller vocabulary than the humans, yet they are very capable of communicating well. Why is that?

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

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