Character Analysis
Meg often feels different from other students. What character trait does this reveal?
What is insecure?
A theme developed in Chapters 1–2 is that family members can help one another during challenges.
What is family support?
One purpose of the novel is to entertain readers with mystery and adventure.
What is entertain?
A person who feels worried or nervous is described with this word.
What is anxious?
Dialogue helps readers understand this about characters.
What are their feelings and relationships?
Charles Wallace listens carefully when Meg is upset. What does this reveal about him?
What is caring/supportive?
Charles Wallace listening to Meg when she is upset supports this theme.
What is family provides comfort?
The novel is MOST likely written for this audience.
Who are young readers who enjoy fantasy and adventure?
A person who follows what others expect is said to do this.
What is conform?
The storm at the beginning creates this literary effect.
What is mood or suspense?
Meg continues to ask questions about her father even though no one has answers. What trait is shown?
What is determined?
Meg's family continues to hope for Mr. Murry's return. What theme does this support?
What is hope during difficult times?
The opening storm scene helps the author entertain readers by creating this.
What is suspense or a spooky mood?
If someone feels upset because they were treated unfairly, they may feel this way.
What is resentful?
The problem of Meg's missing father is an example of this.
What is conflict?
How do Meg's conversations with Charles Wallace help readers understand her character?
What is they reveal her feelings and struggles?
Explain one event that helps develop the theme of family support.
What is Charles Wallace comforting Meg, family discussions about Mr. Murry, or similar evidence?
Besides entertaining, the author also shows readers this important idea.
What is how families handle challenges?
This word means strange, unusual, or odd.
What is peculiar?
A printed novel is this mode of communication.
What is print mode?
This relationship helps Meg feel understood during difficult times.
What is Meg's relationship with Charles Wallace?
This theme is BEST supported by family members helping each other through problems instead of facing them alone.
What is strength through family relationships?
How does knowing the audience help explain why the author includes mystery and unusual characters?
What is because those elements interest young fantasy readers?
The scientific term for traveling through space and time in the novel is this word.
What is tesseract?
An audiobook is this mode of communication.
What is auditory mode?