A Wrinkle in Time Chapter 9

In chapter 9, Meg is excited and relieved because she finally finds

• Mrs. Murry.

• her father.

• another Mrs.

• her lost homework.

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Meg and Calvin talk about a "cloven pine" (which is an allusion to The Tempest) because

• he read it in school.

• Father is like a witch, imprisoning people.

• Charles Wallace is trying to imprison them.

• it is a metaphor, Father is imprisoned.

What helps Meg get through the column to her father?

• her faults

• Calvin's strength

• Mrs. Who's glasses

• Charles Wallace's sixth sense

Now we know for sure that

• IT is talking through Charles Wallace.

• father will be able to save them.

• Meg is strong enough to stand up to IT.

• Calvin is not needed on this journey.

Once they leave the CENTRAL Central Intelligence Building, it becomes clear that IT is

• never going to release Charles Wallace.

• back inside Central Intelligence.

• in the domelike building down the street.

• not on the planet Camazotz any more.

In this passage, describing the inside of the domelike building, what helps you figure out the meaning of dais?

"It was completely empty except for the pulse, which seemed a tangible thing, and a round dais exactly in the center. On the dais lay--what?"

• it contained the root word "day"

• something is laying on it

• it is repeated more than once

• it is plural, ending in "s"

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When the characters finally see IT,

what is IT?

• the man with the red eyes

• the entire planet

• Mr. Murry

• a brain

What did Meg use to try to save herself from IT?

• her faults

• the glasses

• Calvin's hand

• her wisdom

Why are Meg and Charles Wallace talking about, "Like and equal are two entirely different things"?

(Choose 2 correct answers.)

• Meg was reciting the Declaration of Independence.

• They need to agree on this issue before they can leave.

• Charles is trying to make Meg move to Camazotz.

• Charles is arguing that being the same is equal.

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At the end of the chapter, how did Meg escape the brain's power?

• saying the periodic table of elements

• tessering with her father

• by holding Calvin's hand

• the Mrs. came back to tesser