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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the example Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who utilize to illustrate how tessering works?
(a) A bee flying from flower to flower.
(b) An ant crawling on the stem of a flower.
(c) An ant scurrying into a hole in the ground.
(d) An insect on a string.

2. How do Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin travel with Mrs. Whatsit?
(a) They climb on her back, and she flies them away.
(b) A Centaur with unusually large wings flies them away.
(c) Mrs. Whatsit gives them wings and they fly together.
(d) They go to an airfield and hop on a small plane.

3. What does school principal Jenkins call Meg when he scolds her in his office?
(a) The most belligerent, uncooperative child in school.
(b) The most bizarre and frightening child in school.
(c) The most intelligent and cooperative child in school.
(d) The most beautiful and brilliant child in school.

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

5. Why does Meg initially not understand the explanation of tessering?
(a) Meg only thinks of space in two dimensions.
(b) Meg doesn't understand a concept of space.
(c) Meg only thinks of space in three dimensions.
(d) Meg doesn't want to understand tessering.

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

7. Through Charles Wallace, readers discover that Mrs. Whatsit took something from Mrs. Buncombe. What did she take?
(a) Baking pans.
(b) Towels.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Sheets.

8. How old does Mrs. Whatsit say she is?
(a) About one hundred years old.
(b) 2,379,152,497 years, 8 months and 3 days.
(c) Twenty years old because she was born on Leap Year.
(d) She can't remember she's so old.

9. In Chapter 5, when does Mrs. Whatsit say the children will return home?
(a) Unless something goes wrong, in one year.
(b) With any luck, in five weeks.
(c) About five minutes before they left.
(d) In a few days unless something goes wrong.

10. Why is the Happy Medium reluctant to look at the children's home planet?
(a) She doesn't like the shape of their planet.
(b) She would rather look at Uriel.
(c) She doesn't like to look at unpleasant things.
(d) She doesn't think their planet is interesting.

11. What does Calvin call Charles Wallace in Chapter 2?
(a) Charlsie.
(b) Charles Wallace.
(c) Little one.
(d) Moron.

12. Why does the Happy Medium feel embarrassed when she shows Calvin's mother in her crystal ball?
(a) Because she curses between every word.
(b) Because she's messy, ugly and yells at her children.
(c) Because she's not wearing any clothing.
(d) She's so beautiful that she worries Meg will be jealous.

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

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

15. Why does Mrs. Whatsit tell Meg not to cry after seeing the dark shadow?
(a) Mrs. Whatsit thinks Meg's being silly.
(b) Mrs. Whatsit is confident that Meg can help her father.
(c) Mrs. Whatsit doesn't understand why the dark shadow frightens Meg.
(d) Mrs. Whatsit thinks crying is pointless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mrs. Whatsit before they leave the planet they landed on in Chapter 4?

2. After seeing the Happy Medium's proof that the Dark Thing can be overcome, what does Charles Wallace discover about Mrs. Whatsit?

3. How could Mrs. Who's manner of speech be described?

4. Who is Fortinbras?

5. Why is Meg bored in math class?

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