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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 do the three Jenkinses do when Charles says he's tired?

2. Why is Meg worried about Charles?

3. What does Meg ask Progo to do with two of Mr. Jenkins?

4. Where is Blajeny's classroom?

5. What does Meg suggest to their mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Blajeny want with the children and why?

2. What is Calvin's assignment?

3. What does Meg notice about Charles' physical condition and what does he tell her?

4. What bothers Meg about a phone call during dinner?

5. What did Progo do as a student namer and what is a namer?

6. What do the three Jenkinses say to Meg's inquiry about Charles and Louise?

7. What does Progo say about love when he tries to get Meg to understand about Mr. Jenkins and her hate?

8. Who comes striding out of the woods where Meg, Charles and Calvin are standing?

9. Who joins Meg and Calvin in the garden, what does he say, and then what show up?

10. What does Charles say to Meg about mitochondria and farandolae?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, the children meet Blajeny and the cherubim, Proginoskes. These fantastical characters, juxtaposed with the everyday normality of making cocoa at the Murry house, help lend the story characteristics of magic realism.

1. From this statement what do you think magic realism means?

2. Why do you think an author would write about ordinary events, such as making cocoa, in a book in which much that takes place is not real?

3. Did the children meeting Proginoskes seem as real to you as drinking cocoa? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Jenkins is beginning to realize that his judgment of others and inflated sense of superiority were actually only masks designed to hide his feelings of inferiority.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Describe a person you know or have heard of who acted superior but really felt inferior.

Essay Topic 3

Blajeny explains that some things can only be understood with one's heart or intuition, not with one's logical mind.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your opinion.

2. Explain a situation you handled based on intuition or a problem you solved.

3. Do you think problem solving works best intuitively or logically? Why or why not?

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