A Wrinkle in Time
Summer Reading Assignment
I. Story Characters: Identify each of the following characters from A Wrinkle in Time.
Character
Margaret Murry
Description
Sand and Dennys Murry
Charles Wallace
Mrs. Murry
Mr. Murry
Mrs. Buncome
Miss Porter
Mr. Jenkins
Calvin O’Keefe
Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and
Mrs. Which
Happy Medium
Prime Coordinator
IT
Boy with ball, his mother, the boy
on the bike, and the man who runs
#1 spelling machine
Aunt Beast
Fortinbras
Kitten
II. Reading Questions: Answer each question below in complete sentences.
CHAPTERS 1-4
Comprehension and Recall
1. Why isn’t Mrs. Murry surprised when Mrs. Whatsit shows up at the house? _______
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2. What does megaparsec mean? _____________________________________________
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3. How do you know the search for Mr. Murry will be difficult? ___________________
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Higher Level Thinking Skills
4. What do you think a tesseract is? __________________________________________
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5. How is Mr. Murry’s absence affecting his family? _____________________________
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6. How would you describe Meg’s attitude in school? ____________________________
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7. Why do Calvin and Charles Wallace get along right away? _____________________
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8. Why does Meg find Calvin so likable? _______________________________________
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9. How does Meg feel about her father? ________________________________________
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Literary Elements
10. Mood: What kind of mood does the author create on the first page of the story?
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11. Fantasy: Which characters are real and which are fantastical? __________________
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Personal Response
12. Calvin says the Dark Thing is evil. How would you define evil? __________________
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CHAPTERS 5-7
Comprehension and Recall
13. How do Meg’s experiences with math help her understand what is going on? ______
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14. Why won’t Mrs. Murry be worried about Meg and Charles Wallace? _____________
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15. How does Meg show her impatience? _______________________________________
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16. Why did Mrs. Whatsit give up her life as a star? _____________________________
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17. What are the gifts Mrs. Whatsit gives the children? ___________________________
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18. What does Mrs. Who give them? __________________________________________
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19. What does Mrs. Which give them? _________________________________________
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Higher Level Thinking Skills
20. Why are people like Pasteur and Gandhi “lights for others to see by”? ____________
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21. Meg says she doesn’t have room to be scared when she’s mad. How does being mad
help her? _______________________________________________________________
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22. How can pride and arrogance betray someone? ______________________________
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23. Why are the people on Camazotz different? __________________________________
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Literary Elements
24. Setting: Why does the author use adjectives like gray and dull to describe the town
of Camaztotz? __________________________________________________________
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Personal Response
25. Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace go to planets called Uriel and Camaztotz. What
would you name a planet? What would you want that planet to be like? _________
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CHAPTERS 8-12
Comprehension and Recall
26. Why won’t the children recite the multiplication tables? _______________________
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27. Why does Charles Wallace let the Prime Coordinator take him over? _____________
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28. What happens to Charles Wallace? ________________________________________
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29. How does Calvin reach Charles Wallace? ____________________________________
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30. How do Mrs. Who’s glasses help Meg? ______________________________________
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31. How does Mr. Murry try to help Meg repel IT? _______________________________
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32. How do Calvin’s gifts of communication help? _______________________________
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33. Why does Meg realize that the beasts are good? ______________________________
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34. How does Charles Wallace sow doubt in Meg’s mind? _________________________
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Higher Level Thinking Skills
35. Meg knows that Charles Wallace is whistling in the dark when he makes a pun in the
CENTRAL Central Building. What does that mean? __________________________
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36. How does Meg’s trait of being quick to anger save Charles Wallace? _____________
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37. Why could “freedom from all responsibility” be dangerous? ____________________
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38. What does Meg mean when she says, “Maybe if you aren’t unhappy sometimes, you
don’t know how to be happy”? ____________________________________________
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39. Why is Meg so angry when she comes to after she, her father, and Calvin tesser from
IT? __________________________________________________________________
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40. Why is Meg the one who has to return to Camaztotz for Charles Wallace? ________
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41. What does Mrs. Whatsit mean when she says, “We want nothing from you that you
do without grace”? ______________________________________________________
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Literary Elements
42. Theme: What are the main themes of this book? _____________________________
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Personal Response
43. Who is your favorite character? Why? ______________________________________
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