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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is school "all wrong" for Meg in Chapter 1?
2. Meg asks her mother to tell her more about the tesseract in Chapter 3, but what does Mrs. Murry tell her instead?
3. Why does Calvin come to the house in Chapter 2?
4. Why does Mrs. Whatsit tell Meg not to cry after seeing the dark shadow?
5. Who do Charles Wallace, Meg and Fortinbras meet at the house in the woods?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Charles Wallace and Meg head into the woods to the haunted house, several things happen between these two siblings that show their closeness. Name one thing that happens and how it demonstrates their close bond.
2. How does Calvin's personal life form him?
3. Is Charles Wallace a little too protective of Meg? Does he keep her from growing up?
4. How would you define the tesseract?
5. Why do the children need the flowers during the flight with Mrs. Whatsit?
6. Why is it important to know that Mrs. Whatsit is over two million years old?
7. Is it a good idea to bring the children to Uriel before traveling to the next planet?
8. Why does Meg sob heavily when she discovers her father is probably behind the Dark Thing?
9. Do you find it believable that Charles Wallace, a five-year-old boy who has not yet started school, is so articulate, so well-spoken and so assured of himself?
10. Do you think the principal acts professionally in his office when he scolds Meg and suggests that her father won't return?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the socialistic conformity of the people on Camazotz. Consider that the novel was written during the so-called Cold War. Discuss the similarities and differences of the Camazotz people and Earth people. Summarize what L'Engle is saying about the contrast between democracy and communism.
Essay Topic 2
Write a critique of A Wrinkle In Time pointing out what you consider its strong points and its weaknesses. Consider writing style, vocabulary, use of metaphor and foreshadowing. Conclude with your recommendation for reading the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think L'Engle used the term 'tesseract' in her novel? Consider: (1) the exotic nature of the geometric tesseract, (2) the little known vocabulary word, (3) the sense of being scientific the term gives to the novel, and (4) the illusion presented by a rotating tesseract.
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