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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. Why is school "all wrong" for Meg in Chapter 1?

2. Who do the children meet when they enter the haunted house in Chapter 2?

3. What is the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 wearing and doing?

4. Why does the Happy Medium feel embarrassed when she shows Calvin's mother in her crystal ball?

5. When the kids return home in Chapter 3, what is Mrs. Murry doing in her lab?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How would you define the tesseract?

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

4. Why is it important to know that Mrs. Whatsit is over two million years old?

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

6. 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?

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

8. Do you think the family's worries about how Charles Wallace will fit into school next year when he starts are warranted?

9. Why does Meg have such a hard time fitting in at school?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism in A Wrinkle In Time that deals with the conflict between good and evil. Give specific examples from the novel and state your opinion about their effectiveness in moving the story forward.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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