A Wrinkle in Time Ch 1-4

Match the following

• Mrs. Whatsit

• She speaks in quotations and translations from other languages.  She shares wisdom and knowledge from literature and scripture. 

• Mrs. Who

• She is the oldest and seems to be the leader.  She drags out her speech and has difficulty materializing in a solid form.  She is very serious.

• Mrs. Which

• She is the youngest.  She speaks normally.  She wears eccentric clothing.  She is clumsy, kind and compassionate. 

Why is Meg scared at the start of the novel?

• She’s scared she’ll be in trouble for failing a test.

• She is afraid of bullies in her school.

• She is scared that there will be a hurricane.

• She is scared that a bear might attack her.

What does Mrs. Whatsit say that shocks Meg’s mother?

• There was an animal attack in the pine woods.

• They have discovered a new planet.

• She stole the sheets.

• There is such a thing as a tesseract.

Who did Meg and Charles Wallace find hanging around outside the haunted house?

• An elderly woman in a kerchief named Mrs. Who

• A boy with orange hair and freckles named Calvin

• A set of twins named Sandy and Dennys

• A little girl who was lost in the woods

What did Mr. Jenkins (the principal) do that angered Meg?

• He suggested that her father would not be coming back.

• He suggested that her mother was crazy.

• He suggested that her father had run off with another woman.

• He suggested that her father was dead.

What word best describes Calvin’s mother?

• Neglectful

• Supportive

• Overachiever

• Offensive

What does Calvin say to Meg right after he calls his mother to say he’s going to be home late?

• “I wish she was there for me.”

• “My mother is my very best friend.”

• “Do you know how lucky you are?”

• “She’s never home.”

What does Mr. Murry do for a profession?

• Ecologist

• Physicist

• Biologist

• Chemist

What are Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin doing on Uriel?

• Saving humanity

• Watching Earth from afar

• Saving Charles and Meg’s father

• Resting up

Why did Mrs. Whatsit give each of the kids a hollow bell of flowers made up of hundreds of tiny flowerets?

• To help them breathe in the thinning atmosphere

• To remind them there is beauty in the world

• So they could give them to Mr. Murry

• To protect them from evil forces