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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Charles in the school yard during class time?
(a) he wants to play
(b) he has to take Louis home
(c) he saw Meg
(d) he saw the three Jenkins

2. What does Mrs. Murry think the flu going around really is?
(a) a new form of colds
(b) mitochondritis
(c) leukemia
(d) a bacterial disease

3. How many dragon wings does Charles insist he saw?
(a) thousands
(b) ten
(c) hundreds
(d) twenty-four

4. What does Jenkins One say to Meg?
(a) he will suspend Charles
(b) he can't help Charles
(c) he will kill Charles
(d) he wants Meg to leave

5. How does Charles look at the beginning of the book?
(a) as if he has grown in a day
(b) with camping clothes on
(c) black eye and torn clothes
(d) dressed in a suit

6. Where does Progo offer to take Meg to show her about the Echthros?
(a) to the space near Mars
(b) to Europe
(c) somewhere yesterday
(d) to the future

7. What does Mrs. Murry tell Meg about Charles' problems at school?
(a) his father is taking care of the matter
(b) to be patient
(c) to talk to his teacher
(d) there is no problem

8. What does Proginoskes suggest Meg might be since she was assigned to work with him?
(a) an artist
(b) a star in human form
(c) a genius
(d) a namer

9. What did Mr. Jenkins do for Calvin?
(a) drove him home after games
(b) gave him lunch money
(c) gave him a job
(d) bought him a pair of shoes

10. What do Meg and Charles wonder about when they return to the house?
(a) whether Proginoskes is kind
(b) whether it was a dream
(c) whether their mother knows they were outside
(d) whether Blajeny is evil

11. What does Proginoskes tell Meg they have to find out?
(a) what's wrong with Charles
(b) what their first test is
(c) where the bad guys are
(d) why she's working with him

12. Why does Meg think Charles bringing Louise to school was good?
(a) because Louise will warn Charles
(b) because it upset his teacher
(c) because it scared Calvin's brother
(d) because Louise gets bored in the garden

13. What do the twins say about matter?
(a) it can't be torn in half
(b) it can be doubled
(c) it can't disappear
(d) it will eventually fade

14. What part of Mrs. Murry's work does her husband think might be related to the cosmic rips?
(a) her work with mitochondria and the heart
(b) her work with meterorites
(c) her work with gravity
(d) her work with farandolae and mitochondria

15. What does Meg tell their mother Charles suspects?
(a) he is dying
(b) he is healthy
(c) something is wrong with his mitochondria
(d) he will never fit in at school

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Mr. Murry going to be gone?

2. What truly alarms Meg?

3. Who shows up as Meg and Progo are confronted by the Jenkins Three?

4. What does Blajeny say about Charles' illness?

5. Why is Charles upset with Meg?

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