A Wrinkle in Time: TGN Ch 4

What is Uriel?

• The planet the group tessered to in Chapter 4.

• A new creature the group meets.

• Mrs Who's first name.

What does it mean to “tesser”?

• try on Mrs Whatist's outfit

• travel quickly far through space

• transform into a winged Centaur

What does Mrs Whatsit transform into in this chapter.

• a planet called Uriel

• a winged centaur (half human/half horse)

• Meg's mom

Why do the kids need to breathe through flowers?

• to cover the bad smell

• Uriel has too much methane

• the atmosphere on Uriel is low in oxygen.

Why is this chapter called The Black Thing?

• Calvin finds a black blob in his flower.

• Meg gets a black blob stuck to her shoe

• The kids spots a big black thing in the sky coming toward them.

When Charles Wallace tells Mrs Who he wishes she would stop quoting people, she says, “To action little, less to words inclined.” What does this mean?

• Mrs Who wants the kids to wait for her.

• Mrs Who is not really into doing things (action) and she's into talking even less.

• Mrs Who enjoys mountain climbing but only during Spring.