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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Meg enters the kitchen at the beginning of the book, who is already there?
(a) Mrs. Buncombe, the constable's wife.
(b) Sandy and Dennys.
(c) Mrs. Murry.
(d) Charles Wallace.

2. How old is Calvin?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Fourteen.

3. Where does Charles Wallace say Mrs. Whatsit lives with her two friends?
(a) In the old shingled house across the street.
(b) In the old shingled house in the back of the woods.
(c) In the house around the corner from theirs.
(d) In a large building in the neighboring town.

4. What does Mrs. Whatsit say in Chapter 1 that makes Mrs. Murry's face turn white?
(a) She says that the universe is made up of evil.
(b) Good intentions won't make one happy.
(c) She says there is such a thing as a tesseract.
(d) She says that Mr. Murry is in the garden.

5. Why are Sandy and Dennys upset that they weren't awakened when the "tramp" was in the house?
(a) Because they wanted to protect their mother and family.
(b) They wanted to report the tramp to the police.
(c) They wanted to retrieve Mrs. Buncombe's sheets.
(d) Because they wanted to join the fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Charles Wallace agree to take Fortinbras with them into the woods?

2. What is the individual that the children meet in the haunted house in Chapter 2 wearing and doing?

3. Who do Charles Wallace, Meg and Fortinbras meet at the house in the woods?

4. How does the author describe Calvin O'Keefe when Meg and Charles Wallace first meet him?

5. Where is Meg's bedroom?

(see the answer key)

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