A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

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A Wrinkle in Time Questions and Answers

What are all the settings in A Wrinkle in Time?

What is the conflict in A Wrinkle in Time?

In Ch. 5-8, what has happened to Meg's father in A Wrinkle in Time?

Describe the Murrys's house in A Wrinkle in Time.

In the book A Wrinkle in Time, what were the key events that happen on the dark planet as Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin seek the home of the Thing?

Where and why do Calvin, Charles Wallace, and Meg go with Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which in the book A Wrinkle in Time?

Compare and contrast Calvin's problems with Meg's in A Wrinkle in Time.

How does A Wrinkle in Time end?

In what time period does A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle, take place?

The word "devouring" is used in paragraph 1 of A Wrinkle in Time. What is the effect of this word choice on the mood of the opening?

What are the five dimensions in A Wrinkle in Time?

In chapter 4 of A Wrinkle in Time, what are the creatures singing about?

What can you infer about IT as a character in the novel A Wrinkle in Time?

"We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts." How can this quote from A Wrinkle in Time be used in real life?

What two things did Mrs. Whatsit do that concerned Meg and Charles Wallace?

Explain  this quote from "A Wrinkle in Time": "You are given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself." ...What you say is completely up to you"?

What is the theme of "A Wrinkle in Time"?

What is the climax of A Wrinkle in Time?

How are like and equal different things in A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle?

In chapter 2 of A Wrinkle in Time, what does Charles mean when he tells Calvin, "Meg has it tough. She's not really one thing or another"?

In Chapter 7 of "A Wrinkle in Time", Charles Wallace says they cant make desicions based on fear. Do you agree? In Chapter 7 of "A Wrinkle in Time", Charles Wallace says they cant make desicions based on fear. Do you agree?

In A Wrinkle in Time, what is the thing and which historical figures have opposed it? Chapter 5

In A Wrinkle in Time, what is tessering, and how does Meg feel about it?  

In "A Wrinkle in Time," what is Mr. Murry's nickname for Meg?

In A Wrinkle in Time, how is Calvin’s home life different from Meg’s? How is his school life different from Meg’s?  

In A Wrinkle in Time, how do the characters take on the problem?

How does the setting affect the story in L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time? 

Are you surprised when the children go off with Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which in A Wrinkle in Time? Why do they go off with these strange women?

 What are the hard questions that Calvin asks about Meg’s father in A Wrinkle in Time?  

According to Mrs. Whatsit, why is Charles Wallace in more danger on Camazotz than Meg or Calvin?

How and why does Calvin fit in with the Murry family?

In A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle, how is Meg impatient?

In A Wrinkle in Time, what is Camazotz, and why have the children gone there? What is the most unsettling characteristic about life on Camazotz? 

In A Wrinkle in Time, what does the dark thing represent?

In A Wrinkle in Time, what does Mrs. Murry mean when she says, “. . . just because we don’t understand doesn’t mean that the explanation doesn’t exist.”    

Based on Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin's interaction with the red-eyed man in A Wrinkle in Time, what kinds of challenges do you predict the children will face on the planet Camazotz?

What is the black thing in "A Wrinkle in Time"?  

Explain the possible purpose of the storm happening in "A Wrinkle in Time"?

How did Meg's father disappear?

What does Mrs. Whatsit change into in A Wrinkle in Time?

Describe the "haunted house" in A Wrinkle in Time.

Why is Meg unhappy at school in A Wrinkle in Time?

What is "willing suspension of disbelief"?  How does having a willing suspension of disbelief help Mrs. Murry?

In A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, how does Calvin explain Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which to the beasts?

How does Calvin fit in with the Murry family in A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle? 

Discuss the importance of names in A Wrinkle In Time.  

What is a list of songs that would relate to the characters in A Wrinkle in Time?

Why is Mrs. Who's quote in chapter 12 relevant to Meg and IT or to good and evil?

What does Mrs. Murry's treatment of Mrs. Whatsit tell you about Mrs. Murry?

Why is Charles Wallace annoyed with the three ladies?