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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompted Calvin to go to the haunted house?
(a) A compulsion that he simply needed to go there.
(b) Someone told Calvin that he would find a treasure there.
(c) A school assignment.
(d) He got lost on his way home.

2. How could Mrs. Who's manner of speech be described?
(a) She can only speak in Shakespearan sonnet form.
(b) She speaks in quotes, sometimes in other languages.
(c) She lisps very heavily.
(d) She speaks in quotes then forgets what she has said.

3. Despite what Mr. Jenkins the Principal says, Meg still believes her father is returning. Why?
(a) Because the government just notified her about him.
(b) Because Charles Wallace said he is coming back.
(c) Because her father called the earlier in the week.
(d) Because her mother believes it.

4. Why is school "all wrong" for Meg in Chapter 1?
(a) No boys like Meg.
(b) The school uniforms are not fashionable.
(c) She's been dropped to the lowest section in her grade.
(d) The classes are too easy and boring for Meg.

5. Who do the children meet when they enter the haunted house in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Jenkins.
(b) Mrs. Murry.
(c) Mrs. Who.
(d) Mrs. Whatsit.

6. How does the author describe Calvin O'Keefe when Meg and Charles Wallace first meet him?
(a) Tall, with black hair, pale skin and blue eyes.
(b) Tall and blond.
(c) Tall, with orange hair, freckles, and blue eyes.
(d) Short with black hair and blue eyes.

7. What happens in Chapter 4 when Meg suddenly finds herself alone in darkness and has no sense of where she is?
(a) She can't feel her body or anything around her.
(b) Strange people appear before her.
(c) She's tired and wishes she could go back to sleep.
(d) She's very sleepy and awakens in the darkness.

8. How does Meg feel when she notices the dark shadow?
(a) She has little reaction because she's a strong and confident girl.
(b) She thinks it's odd but can't put it into words.
(c) She simply wishes it would go away.
(d) It chills her with a fear she has never known before.

9. A boy on his paper route stops and asks Calvin, Meg, and Charles Wallace what they're doing on the street when only who is allowed out?
(a) Route Boys.
(b) Delivery people.
(c) Employees of the newspaper company.
(d) Police.

10. What does Mrs. Whatsit call Mrs. Murry that "one wouldn't ordinarily think of calling Mrs. Murry?"
(a) Dearie.
(b) Ma'am.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Honey.

11. What is Meg's first impression of Camazotz upon arriving?
(a) There's something frightening about it.
(b) It looks very much like earth.
(c) It is so eerie she cannot imagine anything living there.
(d) It is so welcoming that she wants to stay forever.

12. What does Calvin say to Meg on their way to her house in Chapter 3?
(a) He's happy they met but won't be good friends.
(b) He's happy they will never meet again after today.
(c) He's happy to know that the rumors about Meg are true.
(d) He's happy they met and thinks they'll become friends.

13. When Mrs. Whatsit rests on a plateau in Chapter 4, what does she show the children?
(a) The sun.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Mars in the distance.
(d) One of Uriel's moons.

14. What did Mrs. Whatsit not mean to tell the children about being a star?
(a) That it was hard work.
(b) That she loved it.
(c) That it's better being who she is now.
(d) That she didn't like it at all.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Meg first sees Mrs. Whatsit in Chapter 1, how is she dressed?

2. Why does Mrs. Whatsit tell Meg not to cry after seeing the dark shadow?

3. When Calvin goes to a house to return the ball that a little boy dropped on the street, the boy's mother is reluctant to let him in because ____________________.

4. Who accompanies Meg on the flight to see the Black Thing?

5. Why are Sandy and Dennys upset that they weren't awakened when the "tramp" was in the house?

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