wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Study Guide for A Wrinkle In Time

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match each character with the best description: Red-Eyed Man

a)

heroic

b)

stubborn

c)

ominous

2.

Match each character with the best description: Meg

a)

heroic

b)

stubborn

c)

ominous

3.

Match each character with the best description: Charles

a)

heroic

b)

stubborn

c)

ominous

4.

Match each line of dialogue to the speaker:

“Didn't you ever have a father yourself?”

a)

Charles

b)

Meg

c)

Calvin

d)

Red-Eyed Man

5.

Match each line of dialogue to the speaker:

“What reason have you given us to trust you?”

a)

Charles

b)

Meg

c)

Calvin

d)

Red-Eyed Man

6.

Match each line of dialogue to the speaker:

“But after all you are very young and very impressionable, and the younger the better, my little man.”

a)

Charles

b)

Meg

c)

Calvin

d)

Red-Eyed Man

7.

Match each line of dialogue to the speaker:

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

a)

Charles

b)

Meg

c)

Calvin

d)

Red-Eyed Man

8.

Which of these inferences about the Man with Red Eyes is best supported by the text?

a)

He is trying to protect the children against what he sees as a neglectful father.

b)

He is most impressed with Charles Wallace.

c)

He is challenging the children to see what they are capable of.

d)

He could not have captured the children’s father because he can only control the young.

9.

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to the previous Question?

a)

“The man gave a wince and the thought of his voice was a little breathless, as though Charles Wallace's punch had succeeded in winding him.”

b)

“You have passed your preliminary tests with flying colors.”

c)

“Ah, yes, your father! It is not can I, you know, young lady, but will I?"

d)

“The number words pounded insistently against Meg's brain.”

10.

What do the following lines mainly reveal about Charles Wallace (paragraph 36)?

a)

Charles Wallace doesn’t take danger seriously.

b)

Charles Wallace is brave and devoted.

c)

Charles Wallace values Meg and Calvin more than himself.

d)

Charles Wallace has a death wish.

11.

Which of the following phrases best supports the answer to the previous Question?

a)

“...focused his clear blue eyes on the red ones of the man in the chair. Meg looked not at the man but at her brother.”

b)

“Meg looked not at the man but at her brother.”

c)

“The pupils grew smaller and smaller, as though he were looking into an intensely bright light, until they seemed to close entirely, until his eyes were nothing but an opaque blue.”

d)

“Charles Wallace looked quickly at Meg and Calvin, then said, as though to himself, ‘I have to,’...”

12.

Which of the following words best describes how the Man with Red Eyes is feeling toward Meg at the end of the text?

a)

delighted

b)

terrified

c)

threatened

d)

flattered

13.

What do the following lines from the text mainly reveal about the Man with Red Eyes (paragraph 20)?

“And by the way, my children,” he continued blandly, “you don't need to vocalize verbally with me, you know. I can understand you quite as well as you can understand me.”

a)

He is trying to make them feel more comfortable.

b)

He does not speak their language.

c)

He would like to have a conversation with them.

d)

He can read their minds.

14.

What is most closely the meaning of obliquely as it is used in the following passage of the text (paragraph 10)?

She tried looking at the mouth, at the thin, almost colorless lips, and this was more possible, even though she had to look obliquely, so that she was not sure exactly what the face really looked like, whether it was young or old, cruel or kind, human or alien.

a)

straight-ahead

b)

at an angle

c)

with suspicion

d)

heroically

15.

The speaker of the following line (paragraph 1) is most likely ______________.

“Once ten is ten. Once eleven is eleven. Once twelve is twelve.”

a)

the Man with Red Eyes

b)

Meg

c)

Charles Wallace

d)

Calvin