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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 is the example Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who utilize to illustrate how tessering works?
2. What does Mrs. Whatsit give to Charles Wallace before they part ways in Chapter 6?
3. Why does Meg get into a fight with a boy after school?
4. Why does the Happy Medium fall asleep?
5. Meg asks her mother to tell her more about the tesseract in Chapter 3, but what does Mrs. Murry tell her instead?
Short Essay Questions
1. Do you think the family's worries about how Charles Wallace will fit into school next year when he starts are warranted?
2. What is going on as the story begins?
3. Can you describe Mrs. Which, as seen in Chapter 3?
4. Describe Calvin's family life as he tells it to the Murrys.
5. Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who continue to elaborate about the fight against the Black Thing by naming other fighters. Who are some of those fighters, and what does it say about the Black Thing?
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. How would you define the tesseract?
8. Why is Meg so perturbed that Charles Wallace and Mrs. Murry are so quick to welcome Mrs. Whatsit into their home?
9. Do you think Meg reacts too strongly to Charles' and Mrs. Who's talk about her father in Chapter 2?
10. Describe Meg's appearance.
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
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
Considering the way children tend to look at parents, discuss how Meg has arrived at that time in life when children begin to realize that parents do not have all the answers. If possible, personalize the essay by giving an example from your own life.
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