Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 1 of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle!

Please answer the questions to the best of your abilities. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.

1. As the story opens, Meg is worried about the weather. What has the radio been warning people about all day?

   
   
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   1.   ?      hurricane
   2.   ?      tornado
   3.   ?      thunderstorm

2. Charles Wallace seems to already know about Mrs. Whatsit. Where is she staying?

   
   
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   1.   ?      local hotel
   2.   ?      haunted house
   3.   ?      school attic

3. What did Meg find when she went down to the kitchen in the middle of the night?

   1.   ?      Dennys and Sandy snacking
   2.   ?      Charles Wallace talking to a ghost
   3.   ?      Charles Wallace snacking

4. Mrs. Whatsit tells Mrs. Murry something as she is leaving. This upsets Mrs. Murry. What is it?

   1.   ?      "I know about your husband."
   2.   ?      "There is such a thing as a tesseract."
   3.   ?      "You will never see your husband again."

5. While Meg, Charles Wallace, and their mother are in the kitchen, in the middle of the night, something strange happens. What is it?

   1.   ?      they catch the tramp trying to break in
   2.   ?      Mrs. Whatsit shows up
   3.   ?      they catch Sandy and Dennys sneaking out

6. What had Meg heard about when she went to the post office to pick up the mail?

   1.   ?      a tramp had stolen some pies
   2.   ?      a dog had stolen some pies
   3.   ?      a tramp had stolen some sheets
   4.   ?      a dog had stolen some sheets

7. True or False:
   Meg got into a fight with a boy who was making fun of Charles Wallace and his mother called Mrs. Murry to apologize for her son's behavior.

   
   
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   1.   ?      false
   2.   ?      true

8. How do Meg's mother and father know she is not dumb?

   1.   ?      they have tested her
   2.   ?      they trust her abilities
   3.   ?      the psychologist tested her

9. Charles Wallace knows and confronts the thief of the stolen sheets. Who stole them?

   
   
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   1.   ?      Mrs. Whatsit
   2.   ?      Calvin
   3.   ?      Mrs. Who