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A Wrinkle in Time Test

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which part of PLOT is at the beginning of the story and gives you all the information needed to understand the story?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

e)

resolution

2.

Which part of PLOT happens after the inciting incident and is most of the story that builds up to the most exciting point?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

e)

resolution

3.

Which part of PLOT is the most exciting part in the story?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

e)

resolution

4.

Which part of PLOT is where all of the loose ends start to get wrapped up?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

e)

resolution

5.

Which part of PLOT is the ending of the story?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

e)

resolution

6.

What is the point of view in A Wrinkle in Time?

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

7.

Whose perspective is A Wrinkle in Time told through?

a)

Meg

b)

Charles Wallace

c)

Calvin

d)

Mrs. Whatsit

8.

In A Wrinkle in Time, the narrator is...

a)

Meg

b)

not a character

c)

Calvin

d)

Mrs. Whatsit

9.

During the novel, the setting...

a)

stays the same from beginning to end

b)

changes to different planets

c)

is the same on all planets

10.

How is there in a CONTRAST in the setting between Meg's house and the other planets?

a)

Meg's house = safe; other planets = unfamiliar and scary

b)

Meg's house = miserable; other planets = unfamiliar and scary

c)

Meg's house = unfamiliar and scary; other planets = safe

d)

Meg's house = miserable; other planets = safe

11.

Who or what is the protagonist in AWIT?

a)

Meg

b)

the black thing

c)

Mrs. Whatsit

d)

Charles Wallace

12.

Who or what is the antagonist in AWIT?

a)

Meg

b)

the black thing

c)

Mrs. Whatsit

d)

Charles Wallace

13.

What are the conflicts in AWIT?

a)

Meg vs. the black thing; Meg's struggle to overcome negativity

b)

Meg vs. the black thing; Meg vs. Mrs. Whatsit

c)

Meg's struggle to overcome negativity; Meg vs. Mrs. Whatsit

d)

Meg vs. Calvin; Meg vs. the black thing

14.

What figure of speech is the following:


"...the icy devouring cold of the Black Thing... seemed to crunch at her bones."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hypebole

d)

personification

e)

idiom

15.

What does the following figure of speech mean:


"...the icy devouring cold of the Black Thing... seemed to crunch at her bones."

a)

the Black Thing looked cold

b)

the ice was eating the Black Thing

c)

the Black Thing was trying to take over and hurt Meg

d)

the Black Thing was eating Meg's bones

16.

What figure of speech is the following:


"'Why must everything happen to me?'"

a)

simile

b)

moderation

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

e)

idiom

17.

Why did the author use the following figure of speech?


"'Why must everything happen to me?'"

a)

to show that Meg felt like she was the only one with bad luck

b)

to prove that everything bad in the world happened to only Meg

c)

to show that Meg was a bad person

d)

to prove that Meg caused bad things to happen to herself on purpose

18.

What figure of speech is the following:


"Things began to clear, and [Meg] could breathe without gasping like a beached fish..."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

e)

idiom

19.

Why did the author use the following figure of speech:


"Things began to clear, and [Meg] could breathe without gasping like a beached fish..."

a)

to give the reader an idea of what Meg felt like when losing her breath

b)

so the reader would know what a fish out of water would feel like

c)

to let the reader imagine what Meg would be like as a fish

d)

so the reader would feel sorry for beached fish

20.

What figure of speech is the following:


"[Meg's] body was still stone, but her mind was beginning to be capable of movement."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

e)

idiom

21.

Why did the author use the following figure of speech:


"[Meg's] body was still stone, but her mind was beginning to be capable of movement."

a)

so the reader knew Meg could now think but was still paralyzed

b)

so the reader knew Meg had turned into a rock

c)

so the reader knew Meg was refusing to move around

22.

What figure of speech is the following:


"'The road to hell is paved with good intentions.'"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

e)

idiom

23.

What does the following figure of speech mean:


"'The road to hell is paved with good intentions.'"

a)

promising to do good isn't the same as doing good

b)

the road was intended to be paved but wasn't

c)

you will go to hell if you don't do good things

24.

What is it called when a novel makes a reference to anything famous?

a)

allusion

b)

illusion

c)

imagery

d)

symbol

25.

What is it called when an author uses descriptive language that uses all 5 senses?

a)

allusion

b)

illusion

c)

imagery

d)

symbol

26.

Which vocabulary word means:


showing anger or annoyance

a)

indignant

b)

fallacy

c)

exclusive

d)

moderation

e)

relinquish

27.

Which vocabulary word means:


a mistake

a)

indignant

b)

fallacy

c)

exclusive

d)

moderation

e)

relinquish

28.

Which vocabulary word means:


limited to a person, group, or area

a)

indignant

b)

fallacy

c)

exclusive

d)

moderation

e)

relinquish

29.

Which vocabulary word means:


avoiding extremes; not too much, not too little, in the middle

a)

indignant

b)

fallacy

c)

exclusive

d)

moderation

e)

relinquish

30.

Which vocabulary word means:


to give up

a)

indignant

b)

fallacy

c)

exclusive

d)

moderation

e)

relinquish

31.

What was the inciting incident that started the rising action in AWIT?

a)

meeting Mrs. Whatsit

b)

tessering for the first time

c)

meeting Calvin

d)

landing on Uriel

32.

What was the climax in AWIT?

a)

finding Meg's father

b)

rescuing Charles Wallace and defeating the Black Thing

c)

meeting IT at CENTRAL Central Intelligence

d)

meeting the Man with Red Eyes

33.

What was the resolution in AWIT?

a)

they all ended up back at home

b)

they ended up on Ixchel with Aunt Beast

c)

Meg rescued Charles Wallace and defeated the Black Thing

d)

meeting Mrs. Whatsit

34.

What is the plot?

a)

the story line from beginning to end

b)

words that have another meaning than what they actually say

c)

using all five senses to describe something

d)

a reference to something famous

35.

What is figurative language?

a)

the story line from beginning to end

b)

words that have a different meaning than what they actually say

c)

describing something using 5 senses

d)

referring to anything famous