Test for A Wrinkle in Time

Test for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

Summary of the Book

Meg Murry was the oldest child in her family. She had three brothers, two of which were twins. Their names were Dennys, Sandys, and Charles Wallace. One day, she, Charles Wallace, and a boy named Calvin, tessered (traveled through space) with three strange ladies to save Meg’s father from IT, a giant controlling brain with the power to destroy planets. Meg encountered many creatures on her journey. In the end, Meg saved her brother from IT and brought her father back home.

True or False

1.              Charles Wallace was the hero.

(False)

2.              To keep from being hypnotized by IT, Meg sang  “Georgie Poorgie”.

(True)

3.              The planet of Camazotz was full of chaos.

(False)

4.              Meg used magic glasses to break into her father’s cell.

(True)

5.              IT sometimes calls ITself “The Happiest Sadist”.

(True)

Multiple Choice

1.              Who were Mrs. Whatzit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which?

A.     Old people

B.     Guardian angels

C.     The police

2.              Which planet did Meg and her friends tesser to first?

A.     Camazotz

B.     Tatooine

C.     Uriel

3.         What really was IT?

           

A.     An purple elephant

B.     A giant brain

C.     A spiky haired man

4.         What happened to Meg when she tessered through The Black Thing?

A.     She froze

B.     She burned up

C.     She became another Black Thing

5.   How did Meg save Charles Wallace from the clutches of IT?

A.     By loving him

B.     By pulling him away from the planet

C.     By bribing him with a hamburger

Essay Questions

1.              When IT was throbbing in a hypnotizing rhythm, how did Meg resist it?

She sang many songs with different beats, and by doing so, resisted the rhythm of IT.

2.             When Meg and her friends landed on Camazotz, what did Mrs. Whatsit give to Charles Wallace and Meg?

Mrs. Whatsit gave Charles Wallace a stronger power to communicate with people and gave Meg her faults.

 3.              Describe a tesseract.

The first dimension is a line. You would square that line and then it would be a flat square. That’s the second dimension. To make the third dimension you would then square that square and you would have a cube. Square it again and then you would have a cube in a cube for the fourth dimension. The fourth dimension is called Time. Square it one last time and you would have a tesseract.  In the book they used a tesseract to travel between two places more quickly than going in a straight line (like a wrinkle).

4.              When Meg saved Charles Wallace from IT, what did Meg learn about herself?

Meg learned that she was smart and useful, and that her family needed her.

5.              What was the fault of Charles Wallace that led to IT controlling him?

He was too confident of himself, and because of this, he willingly entered IT to find out about his father.