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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses the twins about Calvin more than Meg?

2. What worries Charles Wallace about going to school next year?

3. Why does Charles Wallace agree to take Fortinbras with them into the woods?

4. Where does Charles Wallace say Mrs. Whatsit lives with her two friends?

5. After Meg sees the dark thing, who is she most concerned for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Whatsit give to each of the children before they part on Camazotz?

2. When the Happy Medium shows Meg her mother, she reacts with anger. Why might this reaction be a good thing this time?

3. What is going on as the story begins?

4. What's the first thing the children notice about Camazotz that indicates it's a strange place?

5. What was Mrs Whatsit and what did she do before she became who she is now?

6. In Chapter 3, is Meg happy that she met Calvin, a popular athlete at school, or that she might be seeing her father again?

7. Can you describe Mrs. Which, as seen in Chapter 3?

8. What upsets Charles Wallace and Meg about finding Calvin at the haunted house?

9. Describe the dark shadow's power over the children after they see it.

10. Do you find it believable that Charles Wallace, a five-year-old boy who has not yet started school, is so articulate, so well-spoken and so assured of himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Depict the moral message of A Wrinkle in Time. Define the message or messages you think L'Engle is trying to get across and cite specific passages to back up your opinion. Evaluate the strength of moral messages in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss in detail the contrast between the Murry family and the O'Keefe family. Discuss the implied factor that makes the O'Keefe family dysfunctional. Mention the reason Calvin can see in Meg's family what she misses because of taking so many things for granted.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on how things are so in fantasy fiction if the author says they are so. Find at least three things in the novel that the reader accepts as true because the author says they are. Be specific with your examples, giving lines from the novel to back up your contention.

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