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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Calvin nearly break Charles Wallace out of his spell in Chapter 9?
(a) He punches Charles Wallace in the gut.
(b) He likens Charles to Ariel in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
(c) He compares Charles Wallace to Jesus.
(d) He recites a love sonnet to Charles Wallace.

2. Aside from Mrs. Whatsit, who else is certain that Meg will not encounter a fatal danger when she goes to rescue Charles Wallace?
(a) Mr. Murry.
(b) The Happy Medium.
(c) Aunt Beast.
(d) Calvin.

3. How did Mr. Murry end up on Camazotz?
(a) He deliberately planned to go to Camazotz.
(b) He tessered without any idea where he was going.
(c) He got Camazotz confused with another planet.
(d) He heard that Camazotz was a nice place.

4. Before seeing anyone new enter the Beasts' dining area in Chapter 12, Meg's heart "pounds with hope." Why?
(a) Because her mother has suddenly appeared on Ixchel.
(b) Because the Beasts have offered to go with her.
(c) Because she knows the Mrs. W's have arrived.
(d) Because she has convinced her father to reconsider.

5. What happens when Mr. Murry puts Mrs. Who's glasses on?
(a) He gets out of the glass column.
(b) He reads a massive book in ten seconds.
(c) Nothing happens.
(d) He complains that they are not his glasses.

6. What happens when Meg rushes to the object with her father inside?
(a) She presses her nose against it and looks at her father.
(b) She crashes into it.
(c) She smashes it and jumps inside.
(d) She stands and looks at her father in disbelief.

7. Why does Meg realize she's the only one who can rescue Charles Wallace?
(a) She's the closest in age to him.
(b) They know and understand each other best.
(c) She has memorized the streets and buildings on Camazotz.
(d) She's already professional at tessering.

8. Why does Meg conclude in Chapter 10 that her father isn't very good at tessering?
(a) He has no idea where they are now.
(b) They are still on Camazotz.
(c) He thinks he is at home.
(d) They transport to the planet of Uriel.

9. Why is Mr. Murry able to keep from being absorbed by IT?
(a) He is smarter than IT.
(b) He fools IT by dressing like the man with Red Eyes.
(c) Mr. Murry refuses and resists, which IT is unused to.
(d) His biological makeup makes it difficult for IT to absorb.

10. How does the man with strange eyes in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building try to control the children's minds?
(a) He talks about basketball to Calvin.
(b) He tries to befriend Meg by telling her she's beautiful.
(c) He sings children's songs.
(d) He recites multiplication tables.

11. What is the reminder Mrs. Whatsit says about Camazotz that pains Meg?
(a) That Charles Wallace has no desire to be rescued.
(b) That they have never been interested in Camazotz.
(c) That if they will likely be imprisoned and put to sleep.
(d) That the Mrs. W's cannot do anything on Camazotz.

12. When all of the main characters get back to Earth, where do they land?
(a) In the haunted house.
(b) In the Murry's kitchen.
(c) In the twins' vegetable garden.
(d) In the lab.

13. How has Mr. Murry's appearance changed when the children see him in Chapter 9?
(a) He is overweight and his head is shaved.
(b) Not at all.
(c) He has long hair, a beard, and no glasses.
(d) He is skinnier than Meg and has shrunk in height.

14. Where does Charles Wallace take Meg, Calvin and Mr. Murry in Chapter 9?
(a) To a dungeon.
(b) To see IT.
(c) To a room where they meet the man with Red Eyes.
(d) To a secret hiding place.

15. In Chapter 8, Charles says everything on Camazotz is in order. Why?
(a) Because everybody goes to a party everyday.
(b) Because everybody has learned to submit.
(c) Because everybody rebels against tradition.
(d) Because there is no leader on the planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being hypnotized, what does Charles Wallace call Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which?

2. When Meg can speak in Chapter 10, she tells her father firmly, in a voice that she has never used with him before that they shouldn't have tessered. Why?

3. What finally saves Mr. Murry from being absorbed by IT?

4. Once Charles Wallace has been successfully hypnotized by the man with strange eyes, how does Meg react?

5. What is the name of the Beasts' planet?

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