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A WRINKLE IN TIME BACKGROUND AND CHARACTERS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

MADELEINE L'ENGLE WAS BORN __________,

1918 IN NEW YORK CITY.

a)

SEPTEMBER 29

b)

OCTOBER 29

c)

NOVEMBER 29

d)

DECEMBER 29

2.

MADELEINE L'ENGLE WROTE MORE THAN _____ BOOKS DURING HER ILLUSTRIOUS WRITING CAREER, THE MOST FAMOUS BEING THE AWARD- WINNING, A WRINKLE IN TIME.

a)

30

b)

40

c)

50

d)

60

3.

"A WRINKLE IN TIME" IS THE __________ BOOK IN WHAT BECAME A FOUR-BOOK SERIES CALLED “THE TIME QUARTET.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

4.

UNLIKE MEG, L’ENGLE WAS VERY GOOD IN ENGLISH AND DIDN’T DO SO WELL IN __________.

a)

PHYSICS

b)

MATH

c)

CHEMISTRY

d)

NONE OF THESE

5.

MEG MRRY IS FIERCELY LOYAL AND PROTECTIVE OF HER FAMILY AND IS ESPECIALLY ATTACHED TO HER LITTLE BROTHER, __________.

a)

CALVIN O'KEEFE

b)

CHARLES O'KEEFE

c)

CHARLES WALLACE.

d)

CALVIN MURRY

6.

WHEN MEG IS FEELING SAD OR LONELY, SHE TELLS HERSELF, “____________________.”

a)

CALVIN LOVES ME AT ANY RATE

b)

MY PARENTS LOVES ME AT ANY RATE

c)

CHARLES LOVES ME AT ANY RATE

d)

NONE OF THESE

7.

MEG WEARS GLASSES AND LOVES __________.

a)

PHYSICS

b)

CHEMISTRY

c)

ENGLISH

d)

MATH

8.

MEG MURRY IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH HER FAULTS— IMPATIENCE AND __________

a)

GREED

b)

ANGER

c)

SELFISHNESS

d)

NONE OF THESE

9.

MEG’S FIVE-YEAR-OLD BROTHER IS A VERY SPECIAL LITTLE BOY BECAUSE ________________________________.

a)

HE KNOWS THINGS WITHOUT

BEING TOLD, AND HE SPEAKS FAST UNLIKE MOST FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.

b)

HE KNOWS THINGS WITHOUT

BEING TOLD, AND HE UNDERSTANDS THINGS THAT MOST FIVE-YEAR-OLDS

WOULDN’T.

c)

HE CAN SPEAK MANY OTHER LANGUAGES FLUENTLY UNLIKE MOST FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.

d)

HE CAN WRITE STORIES UNLIKE MOST FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.

10.

IT BECOMES CLEAR EARLY IN THE STORY THAT CHARLES WALLACE IS A GENIUS.

YET PEOPLE THINK HE’S A MORON BECAUSE _______________________.

a)

HE KEEPS HIMSELF AWAY FROM OTHERS.

b)

HE TALKS WITHOUT LOOKING AT OTHERS IN THE EYES.

c)

HE TALKS ABOUT THINGS THAT OTHERS DONT UNDERSTAND.

d)

HE

DOESN’T SPEAK OFTEN.

11.

DESPITE BEING SO INTELLIGENT, CHARLES WALLACE DOES HAVE FAULTS.

MRS. WHATSIT WARNS HIM TO BEWARE OF PRIDE AND __________.

a)

PREJUDICE

b)

ARROGANCE

c)

SELFISHNESS

d)

UNCARING

12.

WHICH STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE ABOUT MRS MURRY?

a)

WHEN SHE IS WITH HER CHILDREN, MRS. MURRY SEEMS CALM AND CAPABLE BUT SHE’S ALSO HONEST WITH MEG ABOUT HOW UPSET SHE IS ABOUT HER HUSBAND’S

DISAPPEARANCE.

b)

SHE’S CLEARLY A GREAT MOTHER BECAUSE SHE DEFENDS HER CHILDREN.

c)

MRS. MURRY HAS GIVEN UP HOPE THAT HER HUSBAND WILL RETURN.

d)

SHE LETS MEG KNOW THAT SHE LOVES HER NO MATTER WHAT.

13.

WHICH STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE ABOUT MRS. WHATSIT?

a)

SHE HAS SEVERAL

SCARVES OF ASSORTED COLORS TIED AROUND HER HEAD WITH A MAN’S FELT HAT PERCHED

ON TOP

b)

HE HAS “A VOICE LIKE AN UNOILED GATE.”

c)

THE ELDEST OF THE THREE LADIES WHOM CALVIN CALLS

THE “GUARDIAN ANGELS.”

d)

THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE CHILDREN.

14.

WHICH STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE ABOUT MRS. WHO

a)

A PLUMP LITTLE WOMAN WITH ENORMOUS EYEGLASSES “TWICE AS THICK AND TWICE AS LARGEAS MEG’S.”

b)

MRS. WHO GIVES MEG HER EYEGLASSES TO HELP RESCUE MR. MURRY FROM IT.

c)

THE WISEST AND THE MOST POWERFUL OF THE THREE

“GUARDIAN ANGELS,”

d)

SHE LOVES TO USE QUOTES TO MAKE HER POINT.

15.

WHICH STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE ABOUT MRS. WHICH

a)

THE WISEST AND THE MOST POWERFUL OF THE THREE

“GUARDIAN ANGELS,”

b)

SHE LOVES TO USE QUOTES TO MAKE HER POINT.

c)

NOT AS FRIENDLY AS MRS. WHATSIT AND MRS. WHO.

d)

THE ELDEST AND THE LEADER OF THE TRIO OF LADIES WHO ESCORT THE CHILDREN INTO THE

UNKNOWN.

16.

LIKE MEG, CALVIN IS UNHAPPY, BUT HIS UNHAPPINESS COMES FROM __________, NOT HIS SCHOOL LIFE.

a)

THE FACT THAT HE IS SICKLY

b)

THE FACT THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE SIBLINGS

c)

THE FACT THAT HE IS AN ORPHAN

d)

THE FACT THAT HE FEELS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF HIS FAMILY.

17.

WHICH STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE ABOUT THE "IT"?

a)

A mind without a heart.

b)

Evil and attempts to strip the independence of anyone it comes into contact with

c)

One of the four-armed, eyeless, many tentacled creatures that lives on the planet Ixchel.

d)

Serves as the authoritarian ruler of Camazotz, controlling everyone’s thoughts and behavior.

18.

_______________ is an other worldly being that appears as a fortune teller on a planet in Orion’s belt.

a)

THE MAN WITH

RED EYES

b)

IT

c)

AUNT BEAST

d)

HAPPY MEDIUM

19.

She takes care of Meg after Meg is injured tessering through the Black Thing.

  • Meg gives the creature the name __________ because this strange creature is kind and loving towards her.

a)

MRS. WHATSIT

b)

AUNT BEAST

c)

MRS. WHO

d)

THE HAPPY MEDIUM

20.

WHO ARE THE TWIN BROTHERS OF MEG AND CHARLES WALLACE?

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