Characters
This character is upset about her appearance and often gets into trouble at school.
Who is Meg Murry?
“It was a dark and stormy night.”
What is the opening line of A Wrinkle in Time?
The Murry family home is located in this type of area.
What is a rural or country setting?
This character is suspected of stealing bed-sheets from Mrs. Buncombe.
Who is Mrs. Whatsit?
This adjective describes something that resembles a ghost or is insubstantial.
What is wraithlike?
He is a quiet, intelligent five-year-old who seems to know more than he should.
Who is Charles Wallace?
“Wild nights are my glory.”
What does Mrs. Whatsit say when she arrives at the Murrys' house?
This is where Charles Wallace goes to meet strange women who will become important to the story.
What is the haunted house?
This boy feels an inexplicable urge to visit the haunted house and meets Meg and Charles
Who is Calvin O'Keefe?
This noun refers to a young person who regularly engages in illegal or immoral behavior.
What is a delinquent?
This character is missing, and his absence weighs heavily on the Murry family.
Who is Mr. Murry?
"Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
What does Mrs. Whatsit say when she arrives at the Murrys' house?
This room is where Meg hides with her pet cat at the start of the story.
What is the attic?
This term, introduced by Mrs. Whatsit, refers to a fifth-dimensional phenomenon that allows for instantaneous travel across space and time.
What is a tesseract?
This noun denotes a state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
What is serenity?
She appears on a dark and stormy night and talks about a “tesseract.”
Who is Mrs. Whatsit?
“You don’t have to understand things for them to be.”
What does Charles Wallace say to comfort Meg?
The unusual visitor arrives during this kind of weather.
What is a storm or stormy night?
This boy feels an inexplicable urge to visit the haunted house and meets Meg and Charles
Who is Calvin O'Keefe?
This adjective means easily managed or controlled.
What is tractable?
This character has violet eyes, reddish hair and is a scientist.
Who is Mrs. Murry?
“Maybe I don't like being different, but I don't want to be like everybody else, either.”
What does Meg say about fitting in?
his place symbolizes mystery and foreshadows the coming adventure.
What is the old haunted house?
This enigmatic character in A Wrinkle in Time communicates primarily through quotations from various literary and philosophical sources, often in multiple languages.
Who is Mrs. Who?
This adjective describes something that is in a state of disrepair or ruin due to age or neglect.
What is dilapidated?