A Wrinkle in Time Ch 1-4

Match the following

• Mrs. Which

• She is the oldest and seems to be the leader.  She drags out her speech and has difficulty materializing in a solid form.  She is very serious.

• Mrs. Who

• She speaks in quotations and translations from other languages.  She shares wisdom and knowledge from literature and scripture. 

• Mrs. Whatsit

• She is the youngest.  She speaks normally.  She wears eccentric clothing.  She is clumsy, kind and compassionate. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why is Meg scared at the start of the novel?

• She’s scared she’ll be in trouble for failing a test.

• She is afraid of bullies in her school.

• She is scared that there will be a hurricane.

• She is scared that a bear might attack her.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Mrs. Whatsit say that shocks Meg’s mother?

• There was an animal attack in the pine woods.

• They have discovered a new planet.

• She stole the sheets.

• There is such a thing as a tesseract.

Who did Meg and Charles Wallace find hanging around outside the haunted house?

• An elderly woman in a kerchief named Mrs. Who

• A boy with orange hair and freckles named Calvin

• A set of twins named Sandy and Dennys

• A little girl who was lost in the woods

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Mr. Jenkins (the principal) do that angered Meg?

• He suggested that her father would not be coming back.

• He suggested that her mother was crazy.

• He suggested that her father had run off with another woman.

• He suggested that her father was dead.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What word best describes Calvin’s mother?

• Neglectful

• Supportive

• Overachiever

• Offensive

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Calvin say to Meg right after he calls his mother to say he’s going to be home late?

• “I wish she was there for me.”

• “My mother is my very best friend.”

• “Do you know how lucky you are?”

• “She’s never home.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Mr. Murry do for a profession?

• Ecologist

• Physicist

• Biologist

• Chemist

What are Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin doing on Uriel?

• Saving humanity

• Watching Earth from afar

• Saving Charles and Meg’s father

• Resting up

Why did Mrs. Whatsit give each of the kids a hollow bell of flowers made up of hundreds of tiny flowerets?

• To help them breathe in the thinning atmosphere

• To remind them there is beauty in the world

• So they could give them to Mr. Murry

• To protect them from evil forces