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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the tesseract, the children nearly stop somewhere before a voice says they can't because _____________________________.
(a) It's a planet so evil that it will destroy the children.
(b) They've accidentally bounced back to earth.
(c) It's a two-dimensional planet where they can't materialize.
(d) It's a planet whose dimensions they don't know.

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

3. Meg asks her mother to tell her more about the tesseract in Chapter 3, but what does Mrs. Murry tell her instead?
(a) Walk to the supermarket and pick up some milk.
(b) Go for a walk with Calvin.
(c) Walk to the library and research it herself.
(d) To forget about it; it was nothing after all.

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

5. What does Mrs. Whatsit give to Charles Wallace before they part ways in Chapter 6?
(a) A slingshot.
(b) A blessing and some private words of advice.
(c) A sword and a Bible.
(d) The resilience of his childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before dinner is served in Chapter 3, Mrs. Murry tells Meg to do what?

2. When Calvin says he's horrible in math, what does Mrs. Murry suggest he do?

3. When the kids return home in Chapter 3, what is Mrs. Murry doing in her lab?

4. What does the Happy Medium live in?

5. Who appears after Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who, proclaiming that "weee hhave mmuch ttoo ddoo?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Whatsit give to each of the children before they part on Camazotz?

2. Mrs. Whatsit says that when they return back to earth, Mrs. Murry won't notice that they were gone at all. Why?

3. How would you define the tesseract?

4. Why is it important to know that Mrs. Whatsit is over two million years old?

5. Why is Meg so perturbed that Charles Wallace and Mrs. Murry are so quick to welcome Mrs. Whatsit into their home?

6. Why does the image of Calvin's mother make the Happy Medium react in a negative way?

7. Can you describe Mrs. Which, as seen in Chapter 3?

8. How does Calvin's personal life form him?

9. What upsets Charles Wallace and Meg about finding Calvin at the haunted house?

10. Do you think Meg reacts too strongly to Charles' and Mrs. Who's talk about her father in Chapter 2?

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