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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 happens to Mrs. Whatsit before they leave the planet they landed on in Chapter 4?
2. Why does Mrs. Whatsit give each child a flower for the journey?
3. Why does Mrs. Murry tell Calvin she continues with an experiment that afternoon that she and Mr. Murry had started earlier?
4. What does Mrs. Who give to Meg in Chapter 6?
5. How old is Calvin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the dark shadow's power over the children after they see it.
2. Do you think Meg reacts too strongly to Charles' and Mrs. Who's talk about her father in Chapter 2?
3. As Charles Wallace and Meg head into the woods to the haunted house, several things happen between these two siblings that show their closeness. Name one thing that happens and how it demonstrates their close bond.
4. How would you define the tesseract?
5. How would you explain the reason(s) for Meg's anger?
6. Can you describe Mrs. Which, as seen in Chapter 3?
7. How does Mrs. Whatsit use the example of an insect traveling across a piece of string to explain how she and the other women "tesser?"
8. Do you think the family's worries about how Charles Wallace will fit into school next year when he starts are warranted?
9. Name some of the sensations Meg experiences as she tessers for the first time.
10. Is it a good idea to bring the children to Uriel before traveling to the next planet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze what happens when one source dictates what everyone thinks and does. Divide your essay into three main points: What happens to creativity? What happens to productivity? What happens to individuality?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay on the socialistic conformity of the people on Camazotz. Consider that the novel was written during the so-called Cold War. Discuss the similarities and differences of the Camazotz people and Earth people. Summarize what L'Engle is saying about the contrast between democracy and communism.
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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