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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 does Proginoskes suggest Meg might be since she was assigned to work with him?

2. How does Charles look at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Meg want Louise to do?

4. How does Meg think Mr. Jenkins feels about her?

5. What does the stranger tell the children he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Murry say their father is working on and what do the twins say to that?

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

3. In the school yard with the three Jenkinses and Meg, how does Charles look at them and what does Louise do?

4. Whom does Blajeny introduce to the children and what is that person?

5. What does Meg tell her mother Charles thinks is wrong with him?

6. What does Progo tell Meg he will do if they fail the test?

7. What does Meg say as she names the correct Mr. Jenkins?

8. What does Progo tell Meg when she says she can't kythe with him?

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

10. How does Meg feel about Mr. Jenkins, why does she go to see him and what happened when she did?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A very tall stranger wearing dark robes strides out of the woods and into the pasture. He tells the children he is a teacher. He said his classroom was everywhere.

1. What kind of teacher do you think Blajeny is? What subjects might he teach? How might he teach them?

2. If a teacher said his classroom was everywhere, what do you think he would mean by that?

Essay Topic 2

Although Sporos is an imaginary creature, he represents some very real human frailties. His pride and need to feel superior to others creates a parallel to Mr. Jenkins' character.

1. Why do you think a person might need to feel superior to others? Use examples from the book and/or your own life to support your answer.

2. How do you think the character of Sporos parallels Mr. Jenkins' character? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In this climactic chapter, the author concludes her morality tale by advancing the notion that struggling with evil is not an effective way of overcoming it. As she emphasizes in each of the Time Quartet books, love is the strongest force in the universe, and only through love can evil be vanquished.

1. Why do you think the author suggests that struggling with evil is not the best way to deal with it?

2. Do you think love can overcome evil? Why or why not?

3. Do you think you could love something as evil as the Echthroi like Meg did? Why or why not?

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