Vocabulary activity for Chapters 5 - 6 of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle!
Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. 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.
Word Bank
aberration
anticlimax
arrogance
decency
dimension
medium
myopic
nondescript
protoplasm
talisman
They seemed to be standing on some kind of __________, flat surface.
arrogance
protoplasm
aberration
nondescript
"That is because you think of space only in three __________," Mrs. Whatsit told her.
mediums
aberrations
nondescript
dimensions
Meg felt that she would have liked to kiss Mrs. Whatsit, too, but that after Charles Wallace, anything she or Calvin did or said would be __________.
decency
anticlimax
myopic
talisman
"Beware of pride and __________, Charles, for they may betray you."
aberration
arrogance
myopic
protoplasm
"They're all perfectly trained. We haven't had an __________ for three years."
Nondescript
Aberration
Protoplasm
Medium
"It isn't paper time yet; we've had milk time; we've had this month's Puller Prush Person; and I've given my __________ Donations regularly.
Anticlimax
Decency
Talisman
Dimensions
"Don't be afraid," Mrs. Whatsit said. "It's easier for the Happy __________ to work within. Oh, you'll like her children."
Anticlimax
Dimensions
Medium
Talisman
If anyone had told her only the day before that she, Meg, the snaggle-toothed, the __________, the clumsy, would be taking a boy's hand to offer him comfort and strength, particularly a popular and important boy like Calvin, the idea would have been beyond her comprehension.
anticlimax
protoplasm
arrogance
myopic
"If you are not substantial yourself it's very difficult to realize how limiting __________ is."
myopic
protoplasm
dimensions
decency
"You will need help," she told them, "but all I am allowed to give you is a little __________."