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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 Charles Wallace's interesting explanation for the lack of conflict on Camazotz?
2. What is it that Meg has but IT does not have?
3. When Charles focuses on the strange man's eyes in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building, why does Meg jump on her younger brother with all her might?
4. Charles does something to the man with strange eyes that he learned from his older twin brothers. What does he do?
5. When Meg can speak in Chapter 10, she tells her father firmly, in a voice that she has never used with him before that they shouldn't have tessered. Why?
Short Essay Questions
1. Relate the message Mrs. Which gives Meg when she lands for the second time on Camazotz.
2. The Beasts have a much smaller vocabulary than the humans, yet they are very capable of communicating well. Why is that?
3. What does Mr. Murry tell Calvin about his experience in Camazotz that leads Meg to doubt her father?
4. Calvin says that if three of the Beasts arrived on his planet, he would shoot them. What does that say about his beliefs?
5. Although the children refuse to obey the command of Man with Red Eyes to recite the multiplication tables, he is hardly discouraged because they're still young. "The younger the better," he says. What does he mean?
6. Describe Mr. Murry when the children see him in Chapter 9.
7. Who does Aunt Beast resemble?
8. Meg goes from a baby having a tantrum to a somewhat-mature young woman in a flash when she suddenly decides to go alone to rescue Charles Wallace. Is this turn-around too quick?
9. Aside from being impatient, how else would you describe Meg?
10. Describe Meg's reaction to the Beast who first touches her cheek with its tentacle.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Analyze the character of Charles Wallace, being sure to address the fact that he is a savant, as well as the implied connection between Charles and Calvin. Be sure to also define how his character is essential to the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on mysteries of the universe. As your three main points, discuss recent findings of planets revolving around other stars, discovery of galaxies never before known to exist, and important scientific discoveries such as finding water on the moon. Conclude your essay with how these mysteries become fertile ground for science fiction writing.
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