A Wrinkle in Time

Who is Aunt Beast?

• A kind of food the man with red eyes feeds to Meg.

• One of the noodly-looking creatures Meg meets on Ixchel.

• Meg's aunt from earth she meets during her tesser.

What things does Meg talk about that confuse Aunt Beast?

• the IT

• tessering

• things you can see like light and dark

What is Ixchel? What does it have in common with Camazotz?

• Aunt Beast's daughter, who is trapped on Camazotz.

• Another planet in the Orion nebula where Meg meets Aunt Beast.

• Another planet in the same solar system as Camazotz where Meg meets Aunt Beast.

What does Aunt Beast mean when she says, “Sometimes we can’t know what spiritual damage it leaves even when physical recovery is complete”?

• Scientists don't always know the answers to medical problems.

• After you get hurt and your body heals, you may have still have emotional problems because of the experience.

• If Meg had prayed more, she might have gotten better quicker.

Respond to one question below:

Aunt beast tells Meg that knowing what things “look like” (being able to see) must be a “very limited thing.” Do you think Aunt Beast could ever be right? How could sight be limiting?

The creatures who show up in Chapter 10 ask Calvin what he would do if he came across them on Earth. He says he would shoot them. What would you do if you saw creatures like these in your neighborhood? Why?