A Wrinkle in Time Themes

Meg was aware of Charles Wallace's uncanny ability to...

• put perfect strangers at ease

• probe into her mind and her mother's

• communicate with his brothers without speaking

• move objects by just thinking about it

When Charles met Calvin, what did he tell Calvin about Mrs. Murry?

• She understands more than she realizes.

• She's not one of us.

• Her abilities are developing.

• She's not the moron she appears to be.

What were the children shown when they stopped to rest on Uriel?

• how to metamorphose as Mrs. Whatsit did

• the dark evil Mr. Murry was fighting

• their present location on a star map of the galaxy

• the vehicle in which they would complete their journeyt

Why were the children taken to the Happy Medium?

• She could show them Earth and the Dark Thing around it.

• She possessed the ability to ease their anxieties.

• She could best explain what a tesseract was.

• She had knowledge of Mr. Murry's physical and emotional state.

What command did Mrs. Which give Meg, Charles and Calvin on Camazotz?

• Never lose sight of your goal.

• Use your talents to save your world

• Communicate with them only when necessary.

• Do not let them separate you.

Eventually, when Charles looked into the man's red eyes, he...

• tried to convince Meg to stop eating ITs food

• understood the man meant to do him harm

• felt his own power diminish

• started eating the tasteless food

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Supposedly, the people on Camazotz were happy and efficient because...

• all individuality had been eliminated

• the Dark Thing had been conquered

• IT was a kind and benevolent being

• they had been transformed into robots

Why was Mr. Murry on Camazotz?

• Part of his project was the study of its people and society

• The key to the mystery of the tesseract was supposed to be there

• Mrs. Whatsit sent him there to try to control IT

• He landed there by accident while tessering to Mars.

Calvin tried to explain Whatsit, Which and Who to the beasts by...

• describing their metamorphosing ability

• calling them Guardian Angels

• using quotations from the Bible

• reciting from Shakespeare's The Tempest

Meg broke IT's control of Charles with...

• hope

• inner strength

• courage

• love