Vocabulary
Review Questions
Vocabulary
Review Questions
Short Answer
100

criminal

delinquent

100

Choose the best word to describe Meg at the beginning of the story. 

Confident

Insecure

Content

Timid

Insecure

100

hesitantly or in an unsure manner

dubiously

100

Meg begins to cry and tells Calvin that her mother and Charles Wallace hate her.

True or False

False

100

Describe one fo the characters using 3 adjectives. Explain why you chose those adjectives. 

Answer will vary. 

200

displeased and annoyed

indignant

200

Choose the best words to describe Charles Wallace.

Spooky and intimidating 

Intuitive and intelligent

Foolish and thoughtless

Intuitive and intelligent

200

bothered

perturbed

200

Charles Wallace says that his mom is like him and Calvin. What does he say about Meg?


she is not one thing or the other


200

How does Meg feel when she sees the Dark Thing on Uriel over Earth? 

Horrified and hopeless

300

echoed

reverberated

300

What sort of creature does Mrs. Whatsit change into? 


A flying horse

300

mysterious, eerie, and different

uncanny
300

What did Calvin's mother do while they were watching her through the crystal ball?


hitting one of Calvin's brothers


300

Name one strength and one weakness that you believe Meg has. Explain why. 

Answer will vary. 
400

without intention

inadvertently

400

What does the Happy Medium show to the children with her crystal ball? 

Name 3. 

Mrs. Murry, Calvin's mother, The Dark Thing over Earth

400

in calm state of mind

serenity

400

Free space

Free Space

400

Charles Wallace finds Meg and Calvin and tells them it is time. Time for what?


to find their father


500

dangerous and deadly 

malignant 

500

What did Mrs. Whatsit used to be? 

A star

500

wisely 

sagely

500

Mrs. Which gives a single gift to all three children. What is it?


You must go to town and stick together no matter what!


500

Meg explains to her principal, Mr. Jenkins, why she is sure that her father is coming home, eventually. What does she tell him?


She will believe her father is coming home as long as her mother says he is