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Ch 7-12 A Wrinkle In Time Study Guide
Matching Vocabulary
bravado
vestige
distraught
pungent
despairingly
temporal
jeopardize
tenacity
reiterate
reverberate
Read the following sentences and decide which definition best fits the vocabulary word.
“The green of the marble reflecting on their faces made them look bilious.”
“Abandoning his wife and his four little children to go gallivanting off on wild adventures of his own.”
“His voice took on the dry, pedantic tones of Mr. Jenkins.”
“The middle beast, a tremor of trepidation in his words, said, ‘You aren’t from a dark planet, are you?”
“She did not release her grasp, and Charles Wallace began to pull away with a power that was not his own, and her own spindly strength was no match against it.”
“I told you that was too primitive a word, without the correct connotations.”
“It is so much kinder simply to annihilate anyone who is ill.”
“She moved her hand brusquely across his line of vision, but he did not blink.”
“At last Meg could stand it no longer and she cried out despairingly.”
“No, lie still, small one. You must not exert yourself as yet.”
Describe the man with the red eyes from Chapter 7. ______
Support this with evidence:______
At the end of Chapter 7, why does the food tastes like sand to Charles Wallace? ______
Support this with evidence: ______
Why was Meg saying the Declaration of Independence, periodic table of elements, and the square root math problems?______
In Chapter 8, who led the children to see their father?______
Howare people are punished when they don’t follow the rules of Camazotz? ______
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Why is the title of Chapter 8 significant? ______
How does Meg help her father get out of his captivity? ______
Describe IT:______
What is Calvin’s gift, and how does he use it in Chapter 9? ______
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How did Mr. Murry, Calvin, and Meg escape IT? ______
Where was Mr. Murry heading when he tessered for the first time and landed on Camazotz?______
Was father the first one to tesser out of the half dozen working on his project? ______
Who else tessered? ______
What is Meg’s reaction to the creatures at first?______
Does she continue to feel this way? If not, describe her feelings. ______
Support this with evidence:______
Who gave Aunt Beast her name? ______
Meg had a hard time explaining certain ideas to the beasts. List them: ______
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Who shows up at the end of Chapter 11? ______
What are two nicknames that Meg’s father’s used for her? ______
What is the name of the planet that Mr. Murry, Meg, and Calvin are on with the beasts?______
Which one of the 5 senses are the beasts missing? ______
Who went back to save Charles Wallace from the control of IT? ______
What did Meg have that IT did not have? ______
Where did Meg, Charles, Calvin, and Father land when they returned to earth?______
How did Meg know that Mrs Which, Mrs Whatsit, and Mrs Who were near once they returned to earth? Use text evidence to answer: ______
What was the scene at the end of Chapter 12? ______
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