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

2. What do Calvin, Meg, and Charles Wallace see at the end of the room filled with machines in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building?
(a) A platform with ballerinas dancing to music.
(b) A platform with a chair, and a man.
(c) A platform made to look like a boxing ring.
(d) A platform with just a chair on it and nothing else.

3. At first, Meg cannot get enough of the Beasts' delicious food, but she loses her appetite when her father says ____________________________.
(a) He has no desire to return to either Camazotz or Earth.
(b) The food they are eating has dangerous qualities that might kill her.
(c) If they return to Camazotz they will be executed.
(d) He doesn't think it would be wise for him to return to Camazotz.

4. Why won't the Mrs. W's help Mr. Murry tesser back to Camazotz?
(a) Because they somehow know he will not succeed.
(b) Because they instantly dislike Mr. Murry.
(c) Because they are not good at tessering themselves.
(d) Because they're too tired to teach proper tessering.

5. Charles Wallace takes Meg and Calvin to a transparent column. Who is in that column?
(a) Meg's mother, Mrs. Murry.
(b) Calvin's mother.
(c) Meg's brothers, Sandy and Dennys.
(d) Meg's father, Mr. Murry.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Charles Wallace's interesting explanation for the lack of conflict on Camazotz?

3. After she tessers with her father and Calvin out of Camazotz, what happens to Meg?

4. Meg and Calvin repeatedly question Charles Wallace on their way to Mr. Murry in Chapter 8. In response, what does he warn them he will do?

5. After the Man with Red Eyes orders his men to release Meg and Calvin, he identifies himself as __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Meg goes from a baby having a tantrum to a somewhat-mature young woman in a flash when she suddenly decides to go alone to rescue Charles Wallace. Is this turn-around too quick?

2. What emotion does Camazotz rely most upon to control its citizens?

3. People on Camazotz refer to IT but never define what IT is. Why?

4. Calvin says that if three of the Beasts arrived on his planet, he would shoot them. What does that say about his beliefs?

5. Describe the Man with Red Eyes.

6. In Chapter 10, what disappoints Meg most about her father?

7. How does the hypnotized Charles Wallace describe Camazotz?

8. What does Meg say she understands when she agrees to go on her own to rescue Charles Wallace?

9. When Meg comes to in Chapter 10, she doesn't know where she is and she can't move. What has happened to her after tessering from Camazotz?

10. Does Charles Wallace obey his father when they meet in Chapter 9?

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