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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
Study Guide
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1: Mrs. Whatsit
Chapter 2: Mrs. Who
Chapter 3: Mrs. Which
Chapter 4: The Black Thing
Chapter 5: The Tesseract
Chapter 6: The Happy Medium
Chapter 7: The Man with Red Eyes
Chapter 8: The Transparent Column
Chapter 9: IT
Chapter 10: Absolute Zero
Chapter 11: Aunt Beast
Chapter 12: The Foolish and the Weak
Overall Analysis and Themes
Characters
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
Summary
Characters
Chapter 1: Mrs. Whatsit
Chapter 2: Mrs. Who
Chapter 3: Mrs. Which
Chapter 4: The Black Thing
Chapter 6: The Happy Medium
Chapter 8: The Transparent Column
Chapter 9: IT
Chapter 10: Absolute Zero
Chapter 11: Aunt Beast
Chapter 12: The Foolish and the Weak
Study Questions
Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Glossary of Literary Terms
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Further Study
Chapter 9: IT Quiz
Further Study
Chapter 9: IT Quiz
1
of 5
How does Meg penetrate her father's prison cell?
Tessering through the wall
Wearing Mrs. Who's spectacles
Picking the lock
Wrinkling space
2
of 5
What does Calvin recite in attempt to communicate with Charles?
Lines from The Tempest
A quotation from Goethe
Biblical verses from Isaiah
Charles's favorite nursery rhyme
3
of 5
After releasing Mr. Murry from his cell, where does Charles lead the group?
Back to the village
Into another cell
To the court room
To IT
4
of 5
What does Meg recite in attempt to drown out the pulsing rhythm of IT?
The Declaration of Independence
The Periodic Table
The irrational square roots
All of the above
5
of 5
What do the children find on the dais in the center of IT's dome?
A giant brain
A giant heart
A pulsating tesseract
An orb of light
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