Inference and Text Support Quiz

Part A

In Chapter 1, Mrs. Whatsit visits the Murry home for the first time and tells mother that there is something like the tesseract.

What inference can be made about Mrs. Whatsit at this point in the story?

• She can tell what people are thinking.

• Mrs. Whatsit is easily confused.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Part B - Chapter 1

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• I just got caught in a down draft and blown off course.

• The tesseract— Mrs. Murry whispered. "What did she mean? How could she have known?"

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.W.5.9A

How does Meg's behavior in Chapter 2 develop a theme that repeats throughout the story?

• It shows that people cannot expect others to solve their problems for them.

• It shows the importance of expressing one’s feelings no matter the consequences.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Part 1

What theme is developed in the story "A Wrinkle in Time" and repeated later in the story?

• Children are frequently embarrassed by their parents.

• Hiding one's true self to conform and to fit in often leads to unhappiness.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Part 2

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part 1?

• “Sure, I can function on the same level as everybody else, I can hold myself down, but it isn’t me.”

• “Mother!’ Meg shrieked in agony.”

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CCSS.RL.5.1

How are Meg and Charles Wallace alike?

• They can sense what others think and feel without being told.

• They are misunderstood by most of the people around them.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.9B