A Wrinkle In Time - Test

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Multiple Choice: Select the correct answer.

1. What did Mrs. Whatsit do that made Charles Wallace scold her?

A. She insulted his mother.
B. She stole Mrs. Buncombe's sheets.
C. She interrupted him.
D. She called him a moron.

 

2. Why does Calvin call Charles a moron?

A. He is angry at Charles Wallace.
B. Charles Wallace is not very bright.
C. He was preconditioned in the concept of his mentality.
D. He was trying to make himself look more important.

3. How does Calvin feel about his family?

A. He loves them but thinks they don't care for him.
B. He doesn't care for them.
C. He thinks they're all crazy.
D. He thinks they're all morons. 

4. What does Mrs. Murray say is Charles Wallace's difference?

A. He is far more intelligent than most other people on Earth.
B. Hi is different in essence, not physically.
C. He is telepathic.
D. He is more sensitive and has an overactive imagination. 

5. What is the rumor about Mr. Murray?

A. He was killed in a government scientific experiment
B. He was picked up by aliens.
C. He was severely mutilated in a science experiment.
D. He has gone off this another woman.

6. For what were the "flowers" used?

A To help the humans breathe
B. As a sleeping potion
C. As food
D. To help them tesser

7. Why won't Mrs. Murray be worried about Meg and Charles Wallace?

A. She thinks they have gone to a movie.
B. she knows they won't get into trouble.
C. She trusts the Mrs. W's.
D. She'll think they've only been gone five minutes.

8. How was Camazotz different from Earth?

A. It was much prettier.
B. All the people did the same things at the same time in the same way.
C. The people used flowers to help them breathe.
D. It was dark; there was no sunlight.

9. Why is the danger greatest for Charles Wallace?

A. He is the youngest and most vulnerable.
B. He is the smartest.
C. He is the smallest.
D. His special mind reading skills put him at risk.

10. Why does Charles Wallace finally allow himself to be hypnotized?

A. It was the only way to find his father.
B. He thought he could get out of the hypnosis whenever he wanted.
C. He was tricked into it.
D. Meg asked him to. 

11. What is IT?

A. A big pulsating brain that controls everything that succumbs to it.
B. A government experiment gone wrong.
C. God
D. Mr. Murray

12. How did Meg use her faults?

A. She became stubborn and refused to succumb to IT.
B. She chattered incessantly to avoid IT.
C. She got angry and punched IT.
D. She became impatient and punched IT.

13. How did Meg get in to see her father? 

A. She bribed IT.
B. She thought the right thoughts.
C. She broke in.
D. She used the glasses Mrs. W. gave her.

14. How did Mr. Murray get Calvin, Meg, and himself out of IT's domain?

A. They used a secret passage he remembered.
B. He and the children tessered.
C. They used Mrs. W's glasses. 
D. They thought themselves out of it. 

15. Why is Meg angry with her father? 

A. He broke her glasses.
B. He never explained why he left home.
C. He left Calvin behind.
D. she blames him for messing up and sending them to a strange planet.

16. What are the creatures on Ixchel like? 

A. They are small ITs.
B. They've been taken over by the black thing.
C. They are kind and gentle.
D. They are distant and suspicious. 

17. Why is Meg the only one who can go to save Charles Wallace?

A. Only she knows the way.
B. She understands him the best.
C. The glasses will only work for her.
D. IT won't suspect her.

18. To what does Mrs. Whatsit compare human lives?

A. A sonnet.
B. A song.
C. A bird.
D. Morning light.

19. What did Meg use to get Charles Wallace away from IT?

A. Light.
B. Poetry.
C. Mathematics.
D. Love.

20. This novel can be classified as?

A. Science fiction adventure.
B. Non-fiction.
C. Biography.
D. Autobiography.

 

Answer with one word typed in the blank provided.
 

21. Who saved Charles Wallace?

22. What weapon was used to save Charles?

23. What was Meg's greatest fault?

24. What actually were Mrs. Who, Whatsit, and Which?

25. Which was the fifth dimension?

26. What quality in Charles Wallace caused him to fall prey to IT?  

27. What quality had Meg believed her father to have?

28. What act had father performed that took him to Camazotz?

For each of the characters below, match a quality that describes their action best by selecting its letter in the blank in front of the name.

A. a fairly normal person and works at home
B. young and impatient
C. calm and objective
D. young, arrogant, and curious
E. helpful and appreciative, unappreciated at home
F. argumentative, rude, and has red hair
G. Physicist, chemist, and occasional cook

29 Meg

30.  Charles Wallace

31. Mr. Murray

32. Mrs. Murray

33.   Calvin

For each of the characters below, match a quality that describes their action best by selecting its letter in the blank in front of the name.

A. tried to show the warmth of love
B. tried to conquer the earth and the galaxy
C. stars who had lost to the Dark Thing
D. tried to make all its subjects the same as he was
E. tried to give the children hope by showing them a happy future
F. tried to show the commercial benefits of tessering
G. starts that had gone super-nova and were now black holes
H. tried to take the middle road in life and use its brain the best it could

34. The Dark Thing

35. The Medium

36.  The Brain

37.  The "Ladies"

38.  The Beasts

For each vocabulary word below, match the word to the definition by selecting its letter in the blank in front of the name.

A. Tranquility I. Backward flow of air, as from a
    propeller
Q. Feels at home visiting Meg's
     house
B. Put off to a later time J. Unintentionally; by accident R. Talks in quotes
C. Sharp; severe K. Abated; settled down; lessened S. Gives Meg her love
D. Rage; violent anger L. Not obstructed; in full view T. A shortcut
E. Change in form; transform M. At the same time U. The next book
F. Excessive or uncontrollable fear or
    other emotion
N. Serene happiness V. Planet of special Flowers
G. Agonizing physical or mental pain O. Comfortingly; seeking or giving in
     confidence
H. Became less dense by scattering;
     dispelled
P. Author of AWIT
39. Fury 50. Defer
40. Confidingly 51. Dispersed
41. Simultaneously 52. Backwash
42. Acute 53. Hysteria
43. Metamorphose 54. Calvin
44. Anguish 55. Uriel
45. Bliss 56. Mrs. Who
46. Inadvertently 57. L'Engle
47. Serenity 58. Tesseract
48. Subsided 59. Mrs. Whatsit
49. Unobscured 60. A Wind in the Door

Check to see that you answered all the questions.