A Wrinkle in Time Flashcards
What did Mrs. Whatsit change into?
An angel or pegasus-like creature
What are the names of the three supernatural women?
Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Whatsit
How did Meg and Charles Wallace’s father disappear?
During time travel
What planet do the characters go to after leaving the Happy Medium?
Camazotz
What did the kids use to breathe in space?
Flowers
What job does Meg and Charles Wallace’s father have?
Physicist
What did Meg, Charles Wallace, and their mother do at 4am?
Drink cocoa
What is the name of the main character?
Meg
What is the name of the telepathic brain that controls Camazotz?
IT
What color eyes does IT’s pawn have?
Red
Who was the first to be hypnotized by IT?
Charles Wallace
Who is Meg and Charles Wallace’s friend?
Calvin O’Keffe
What does Meg call the furry monster?
Aunt Beast
Who is the Happy Medium?
A fortune teller
Where does the Happy Medium live?
A cavern in a planet on Orion’s Belt
What is Meg’s gift?
Her faults
What is tessering?
Traveling in time
What did Charles Wallace land on after he was saved from IT?
Broccoli
What does Meg have that IT doesn’t?
Love
How does Mr. Jenkins describe Meg?
The most belligerent, uncooperative child in school
Where do Meg and Charles meet Calvin?
The edge of the pine forest near the haunted house
Where did the government say Meg’s dad was?
On a secret and dangerous mission
What are Meg’s brothers’ names?
Sandy, Dennys, and Charles Wallace
How old is Charles Wallace?
5
What happens when Mother pulls off Mrs. Whatsit’s boots?
She is flung backwards because the boots were on so tight
Who is Mrs. Whatsit?
A plump, old woman covered in blankets, coats, and scarves
What kind of sandwich does Mrs. Whatsit want?
Russian caviar
What are Meg and Charles saving for Mother’s birthday?
Russian caviar
Why is Mrs. Who upset when Happy Medium shows them what happened when a star fought the black thing?
Because she was once a star
What happens when Meg goes through the Black Thing?
She feels cold and clammy
What planet is IT on?
Camazotz
Who possesses Charles Wallace?
The man with red eyes
What is Mrs. Whatsit’s gift to Calvin?
Communication
How does Meg know that Charles is possessed?
Because he calls her belligerent and uncooperative
What is Meg short for?
Margaret
Who gave Meg a bruise under her eye?
A Henderson boy
What does Meg call the beast that takes care of her?
Aunt Beast
What is Meg’s father wearing to keep warm?
A fur robe
What is the Murray family’s dog named?
Fort
When they come home at the end, where do they land?
In the broccoli in the twins’ vegetable garden
What power does Mrs. Which have?
She can transport people through time and space
What is Mrs. Who’s special ability?
She speaks in quotes from famous people, using their words to help guide and comfort others during the journey
Where is Meg’s bedroom?
In the attic
At the beginning of the story, what is the weather like?
Dark and stormy
What is the dog’s name?
Fortinbras
What kind of sandwich does Charles Wallace offer his mother in the middle of the night during the storm?
Liverwurst and cream cheese
Where does Charles Wallace say that Mrs. Whatsit lives?
The old house in the woods that people say is haunted
Who does Meg first think stole Mrs. Buncombe’s sheets?
Mrs. Whatsit
Who first tells Meg’s family about the tesseract?
Mrs. Whatsit
Who visits Meg’s house during the storm?
Mrs. Whatsit
What are the names of Meg’s twin brothers?
Sandy and Dennys
Who is Meg’s school principal?
Mr. Jenkins
What sport does Calvin play?
Basketball
What nickname does Mrs. Who have for Charles Wallace?
Charlsie
Why does Calvin say Meg is lucky?
Her parents love her
Why does Meg struggle with math in school?
She and her father used to play with numbers and she learned too many shortcuts, so she doesn’t like solving problems the long way
How does Mrs. Murry describe Charles Wallace’s unique intelligence and abilities?
New
Where did Mr. Murry work?
A top secret government institution
How did Mr. Murry communicate with his family when he was traveling?
Writing letters
What does Mrs. Which look like?
She has trouble materializing, so she’s just a shimmering gleam of light
What is unique about the way Mrs. Which talks?
Consonants are repeated
Where is the first destination that the three women take Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin to?
Uriel
What does Mrs. Whatsit tell Meg that she must learn in order to save her father?
Patience
Who can understand a little bit of the language that the creatures on Uriel are singing?
Charles Wallace
What did Mrs. Whatsit give the kids on Uriel?
Flowers
What do the kids see after sunset and moonset on Uriel?
A shadow that they know is evil
Where does Mrs. Whatsit tell Meg that her father is?
Trapped behind the darkness
What does Mrs. Who use to demonstrate tessering?
Her skirt
What dimension do the characters travel through when tessering?
The 5th dimension
How do the characters get behind the darkness to get to Meg’s father?
Tessering
What is the first dimension?
A line
What is the second dimension?
A flat square
What is the third dimension?
A cube (a squared square)
What is the fourth dimension?
Time (it cannot be drawn–a squared cube)
What is the fifth dimension?
Tesseract (a squared time)
What does Charles Wallace say about tessering in terms of geometry?
A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points
Where does Mrs. Which accidentally tesser the kids that hurts them?
A two-dimensional planet
How does Meg describe the experience of being on the two-dimensional planet?
Like being flattened by a steamroller
Where does Mrs. Which tesser the kids after they leave the two-dimensional planet?
Orion’s belt
What does Mrs. Whatsit tell the kids when they mention that their mother will be wondering where they are?
They made a time tesser when they left, so when they return, they will be back to 5 minutes before they left
Where does the Happy Medium live?
In a cave on Orion’s belt
What tool does the Happy Medium have?
A crystal ball
What does Mrs. Whatsit ask the Happy Medium to show the kids in her crystal ball?
Their home planet
What does the Happy Medium say when Mrs. Whatsit asks her to show the kids their home planet?
That she doesn’t want to look at something so unpleasant
What do the kids see when they look at the Earth in the crystal ball?
The Dark Thing that they saw on Uriel
What does the Happy Medium say that the Dark Thing is?
Evil–the powers of darkness
What famous figures from Earth have fought the Dark Thing?
Jesus, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Bach, Gandhi, Buddha, Rembrandt, St. Francis
Where does Mrs. Who explain that Meg’s father actually is?
On a planet that has given in to the Dark Thing
What does the Happy Medium show the kids on her crystal ball after they see Earth?
A star sacrificing its life to fight the Dark Thing
Which of the three women used to be a star?
Mrs. Whatsit
What does Charles Wallace do after correctly guessing that Mrs. Whatsit used to be a star?
He kisses her on the cheek
What does the Happy Medium offer to show the kids before they leave?
Their mothers
What is Calvin’s mother doing when they look in the crystal ball?
Spanking one of his younger siblings with a wooden spoon
What is Mrs. Murry doing when they look in the crystal ball?
Writing a letter to Mr. Murry, like she does every night
What does Mrs. Who tell Meg to do as they get ready to go to Camazotz?
To stay angry
How does Meg describe the experience of tessering through the Dark Thing?
Like she’s been swallowed up by a monster and it’s digesting her
Since the Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which can’t stay with the kids on Camazotz, what do they do for them?
They offer each child a gift that will help them in battle
What is Mrs. Whatsit’s gift to Charles Wallace?
The resilience of his childhood
Mrs. Who gives Calvin a quote from what?
The Tempest by Shakespeare
Mrs. Who gives Charles Wallace a quote from who?
Goethe
What is Mrs. Who’s gift to Meg?
Her glasses
What words of caution about her glasses does Mrs. Who give to Meg?
To use them only as a last resort
What gift does Mrs. Which give to all three children?
A command to go into town and stay strong together
Which child is most susceptible to danger on Camazotz?
Charles Wallace
What does Mrs. Whatsit warn Charles Wallace to do on Camazotz?
To stay lose to Meg and Calvin and not go off on his own, and beware of pride and arrogance
What does the town on Camazotz look like?
All the houses are exactly the same
What is odd about the children playing on Camazotz?
All the children are skipping rope and bouncing balls in perfect rhythm
What happens to the kids when they knock on the door of a house to return a ball that a Camazotz boy dropped?
The mother is fearful and doesn’t let them in
The Camazotz mother refers to her son dropping a ball as what?
An Aberration
According to the Camazotz mother, when was the last time there was an Aberration on Camazotz?
3 years ago
Why does the Camazotz mother say that the kids can’t come into her house?
They haven’t shown her any papers
Who do the children meet on the street of Camazotz after speaking to the boy’s mother?
A paperboy
What does the paperboy tell the kids about Camazotz?
The town is governed by Central Intelligence
What document does the paperboy quote from?
The Manual
What does Charles Wallace say about the Central building?
He can feel minds pulsing
What feeling does Calvin have about the Central building?
If they go inside, they will be in terrible danger
Why do the kids have trouble entering the Central building?
The door doesn’t have a knob or handle
How do the kids get into the Central building?
They knock, and panels slide open, letting them inside
What does the man inside Central tell the kids to do?
Submit their papers to various slot machines
Why does the man inside Central tell the kids he has to report them?
To avoid the risk of reprocessing
How does the man with red eyes attempt to hypnotize the kids?
Having them recite multiplication tables
How do Calvin and Charles Wallace try to avoid being hypnotized by the man with red eyes?
Shouting nursery rhymes
How does Meg avoid being hypnotized by the man with red eyes?
Screaming for her father
What does Charles Wallace do to the man with red eyes?
He hits him
Why does Charles Wallace hit the man with red eyes?
He believes that some other entity is using the man with red eyes to talk to the kids
What food does the man with red eyes serve the children?
A big turkey dinner
How does Charles Wallace describe the taste of the food that the man with red eyes gives them?
It tastes like sand
Why does the turkey dinner on Camazotz taste like sand to Charles Wallace?
Because he has entirely closed his mind to the man with red eyes
What does the man with the red eyes call himself?
The Prime Coordinator
What does the man with the red eyes say that Charles Wallace will do for Meg and Calvin?
Lead them to Mr. Murry
When Charles Wallace is possessed by IT, he tells Meg and Calvin what reason that everyone on Camazotz is happy?
Because they are all alike
Camazotz has one mind–what is it called?
IT
Who does Charles Wallace show to Meg and Calvin that is receiving punishment?
The boy who wasn’t bouncing his ball at the same time as the other kids
How is Mr. Murry trapped inside the Central building?
In a transparent column
How does Meg get into Mr. Murry’s cell?
By putting on Mrs. Who’s glasses
How does Calvin unsuccessfully try to unhypnotize Charles Wallace?
Repeating the quote from The Tempest
What happens when Meg gets into Mr. Murry’s cell?
He can’t see or hear her until she puts on Mrs. Who’s glasses
How does Mr. Murry escape his cell?
He puts on Mrs. Who’s glasses and Mr. Murry carries Meg as they move through the glass
When Charles Wallace is possessed by IT, what does he call his father?
Pop
What does Mr. Murry say when Charles Wallace says he is taking Meg to IT?
That she won’t be able to hold out
What does Calvin say when Meg tells him she doesn’t want to go to IT?
He reminds her that Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Who told them not to leave Charles Wallace alone
Where does IT live?
In a domelike building outside of Central
What physical form does IT take?
A human brain
How does Meg use the gift of her faults?
She uses anger, impatience, and stubbornness to fight IT’s mind control
What does IT say will happen if Meg destroys IT?
She will also destroy Charles Wallace
When Calvin realizes that Meg is about to give into IT, what does he command everyone to do?
Tesser
What does Meg think she has been turned into after tessering away from Camazotz?
Stone
Why does Mr. Murry tell Calvin that they managed to evade IT’s control?
IT is not used to being refused
Where had Mr. Murry been trying to go when he accidentally ended up on Camazotz?
Mars
Why does Mr. Murry tell Meg that it’s good that it hurts when he massages her fingers?
It means she’s regaining sensation
What happens when one of the creatures touches a tentacle to Meg’s face?
It spreads warmth through her body
What does Meg call the tentacled creature who helps her?
Aunt Beast
How does Aunt Beast take care of Meg?
Feeding her, warming her, and helping her sleep
What is Aunt Beast’s planet called?
Ixchel
What do Ixchel and Camazotz have in common?
They share the same sun
Why is Meg the one who has to return to Camazotz to save Charles Wallace?
She is the closest to him
Mrs. Whatsit compares their lives to what form of poetry?
A sonnet
How do Calvin and Meg say goodbye when Meg goes back to Camazotz?
They kiss
When Meg goes back to Camazotz, what gift does Mrs. Whatsit give her?
The force of her love
When Meg goes back to Camazotz, what gift does Mrs. Who give her?
A blessing from the New Testament
When Meg goes back to Camazotz, what gift does Mrs. Which give her?
Something that Meg has that IT does not, but Meg must find it out for herself
Who tessers with Meg back to Camazotz?
Mrs. Which
What does Meg figure out that she has that IT doesn’t?
Love
How does Meg save Charles Wallace from IT?
She tells him that she loves him
