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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. Through Charles Wallace, readers discover that Mrs. Whatsit took something from Mrs. Buncombe. What did she take?

2. In Chapter 3, why does Calvin say Meg is so lucky?

3. Meg asks her mother to tell her more about the tesseract in Chapter 3, but what does Mrs. Murry tell her instead?

4. Why is Meg bored in math class?

5. What does Mrs. Who give to Meg in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name some of the sensations Meg experiences as she tessers for the first time.

2. How does Calvin's personal life form him?

3. Why do the children need the flowers during the flight with Mrs. Whatsit?

4. Mrs. Whatsit says that when they return back to earth, Mrs. Murry won't notice that they were gone at all. Why?

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

6. Do you think Meg reacts too strongly to Charles' and Mrs. Who's talk about her father in Chapter 2?

7. How is Charles Wallace a pest to Meg in Chapter 3?

8. Why is Meg so perturbed that Charles Wallace and Mrs. Murry are so quick to welcome Mrs. Whatsit into their home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role of gossip in the novel. The main points of your essay should include (1) how gossip starts like it does from the post office in the novel, (2) how gossip hurts innocent people as it does for Meg, and (3) how it is best to deal with gossip as Mrs. Murry handles it.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on knowing happiness by knowing sorrow. Is it possible to know what real happiness is when there is no deviation from set patterns in life? The people of Camazotz never show any sign of happiness. Discuss the emotion the people of Camazotz do show, and what it is the result of. How do you think L'Engle is commenting on communism as a controlled way of life? Why do some people in your opinion prefer living under such a system?

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