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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. After being hypnotized, what does Charles Wallace call Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which?
(a) Old ladies who should be in an elderly home.
(b) A trio of mean old ladies.
(c) A bunch of witches from the east.
(d) Enemies who confused them.

2. What finally saves Mr. Murry from being absorbed by IT?
(a) His superior intelligence.
(b) Seeing Charles Wallace absorbed into IT.
(c) Seeing Meg and Calvin restores his faith.
(d) Meeting Mrs. Who.

3. When Meg is about to leave on her rescue mission, why does she ask her father for forgiveness?
(a) Because she called him a bad father.
(b) Because she accused him of hating Charles Wallace.
(c) Because she said she hated him.
(d) She made him feel bad.

4. What are the Things in Chapter 10?
(a) The things that Mr. Murry needs to get his son back.
(b) Little insects that bother Meg.
(c) The inhabitants of an unnamed planet.
(d) No one knows.

5. In Chapter 11, Calvin urges Meg to try explaining to everyone who Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which are, but when Meg tries, she fumbles. Why?
(a) Since her paralysis, she has forgotten many words.
(b) She only describes the women's appearances.
(c) She can't remember what each woman looks like.
(d) She realizes that she liked Mrs. Whatsit the most.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Meg realize she's the only one who can rescue Charles Wallace?

2. Although Charles Wallace looks the same after being hypnotized, he acts as if someone has possessed him. How does Meg know this?

3. How do the Beasts help Meg recover?

4. Where does Charles Wallace take Meg, Calvin and Mr. Murry in Chapter 9?

5. When all of the main characters get back to Earth, where do they land?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Meg realize for a short moment about herself when Charles points out how being different can lead to unhappiness?

3. What does Mr. Murry tell Calvin about his experience in Camazotz that leads Meg to doubt her father?

4. The Beasts have a much smaller vocabulary than the humans, yet they are very capable of communicating well. Why is that?

5. Meg and Calvin accuse the Man with Red Eyes of hypnotizing Charles Wallace. The Man with Red Eyes says that's a "primitive" way of describing what he's done. How would you describe it?

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

7. Do you think it's dawning on Meg at all by Chapter 11 that she might end up rescuing her little brother on her own?

8. Describe Mr. Murry when the children see him in Chapter 9.

9. Other than being forced, is there another reason that makes Meg follow Charles Wallace when he says he'll lead them to their father?

10. Although the children refuse to obey the command of Man with Red Eyes to recite the multiplication tables, he is hardly discouraged because they're still young. "The younger the better," he says. What does he mean?

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