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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 Calvin tell Meg happened to Progo?

2. What does Meg do to help Jenkins?

3. What does Calvin say about adults and kything?

4. What color is the environment inside the mitochondria?

5. How was Meg saved when the Echthros had her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the little farandolae doing in the and what is the result?

2. What does Mr. Jenkins think is happening to him and what does Blajeny say is the truth?

3. How does Meg finally deal with Mr. Jenkins?

4. What does Jenkins come to understand about Charles?

5. What does Progo tell Meg about the farandolae and how they live and move?

6. Where does Meg end up when she leaves the mitochondria and what is there?

7. How do Calvin, Meg and Jenkins get the little farandolae to deepen?

8. What does Jenkins say about the Deepened farae and communication?

9. What does Calvin tell Meg about kything with adults?

10. What does Meg tell Jenkins about when she first kythes with him and how does he feel about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The soul represents the best part of a man's nature, and Meg is directed to recognize and love Jenkins' soul even if she deplores his behavior or personality. This concept also focuses on spiritual morality, referring to the Christian admonition to love thy enemy, or love thy neighbor as thyself. However, most religions and spiritual practices preach this concept as well, and it is, at its core, a humanist concept, whether connected to religion or not. Despite the book's use of Christian mythology, the precepts it teaches are universal.

1. Do you think you could love a person while deploring his/her behavior? Why or why not?

2. How do you think the world would change if everyone was able to love a person's soul?

Essay Topic 2

Meg tried to explain to Jenkins that her little brother is tormented by his classmates because he has an IQ that is off the charts and because he knows more than any normal first-grader.

1. What do you think a student should do if she/he doesn't fit into the crowd at school? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

2. What do you think makes a student stick out from others? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think children tend to pick on another who is different?

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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