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The character’s greatest flaws are their anger,impatience, and lack of self confidence they must overcome these in order to complete their task:

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Meg Murry

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Capable of reading minds, and understanding people in a way no one else can:

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Charles Wallace

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Comes from a large family that does not care for them, and yet demonstrates love:

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Calvin

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The disembodied brain that controls planet Camazotz:

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IT

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The cold, dark shadow that symbolizes evil:

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The Black Thing

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The youngest of the 3 celestial beings; gave up her life as a star to fight evil:

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Mrs. Whatsit

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The oldest of the 3 celestial beings, so she has trouble materializing and speaking:

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Mrs. Which

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Speaks in quotes from different writers and philosophers:

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Mrs. Who

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A tall, furry creature on the planet Ixchel who cares for Meg:

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Aunt Beast

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Shows the children a vision of Earth through her crystal ball:

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Happy Medium

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Totally controlled by IT, tries to hypnotize the children:

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The Man with Red eyes

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12
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Bioligist:

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Mrs. Murry

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13
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Working for the government to find a way to Mars:

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Mr. Murry

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Athletic and socially acceptable twins:

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Sandy and Dennis

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The cold and unfeeling principle:

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Mr. Jenkins

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What is the weather like when the story opens? Is this foreshadowing? What do we find out is lingering over the planet Earth?

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Dark and stormy, yes, the Black Thing

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What are the reasons Meg is upset as soon as the story begins?

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Her dad is gone, kids make fun of her and her brother, people gossip about her family, she doesn’t like herself

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What did Mrs. Whatsit say to Mrs. Murry that shocked her?

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She mentioned the tesseract

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What do Charles Wallace and Calvin have in common?

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They both have a different essence

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What sort of creature can Mrs. Whatsit change into?

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A horse with wings

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Describe what tessering is, and what it is described in the book.

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Tessering is a traveling experience in which you travel using the 5th dimension across space and time to get from one far away place to another quickly. In the book it is described as things going black and losing yourself but the regaining yourself again

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Describe the difference between Mrs. Murry and Calvin’s mom.

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Mrs. Murry- kind, encouraging, beautiful, nurturing
Calvin’s mom- not loving, neglectful, ugly, abusive (physically and emotionally)

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What gifts do the children receive before going to Camazotz?

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Calvin - Shakespeare’s The Tempest, communication
Meg - her faults, Mrs. Who’s glasses
Charles Wallace - his childhood, the fact that he doesn’t know everything
Everybody- STAY TOGETHER

Enhancements od gifts that they already have

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24
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What is wrong with the children of Camazotz?

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They are all in sync

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25
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Where is father being held captive?

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In a column on Camazotz

26
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What is the conflict of this novel?

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Character vs. Self

The Murry family is trying to reunite and they have to fight against the

27
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Meg finding her father was the anti-climax. Explain why this isn’t the climax of the novel:

A

Because the problem wasn’t resolved yet meaning she still hasn’t found her purpose or saved Charles Wallace

28
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If the novel was written from Mr. Murry’s pov, what would we ave learned?

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He worked for the government, they had tried to get to Mars, how long he had been trapped in the column, what he was thinking, the whole backstory to his own part in a wrinkle in time

29
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What did Mr. Murry learn from his experience?

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Time and space are not meant for humans to tamper with, time works differently on other planets

30
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Why does Meg have to be the one to save Charles?

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Because she has known him the longest

31
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Even though Mrs. Whatsit loved Meg, who reminded Meg that she had to find her weapon within herself?

A

Mrs. Which

32
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What was IT’s biggest mistake?

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Saying that Mrs. Whatsit doesn’t love Meg

33
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Which event represents the climax of the novel?

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Meg goes back to save Charles and face IT

34
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Which event represents the falling action?

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When they tesser back to Earth

35
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Which event represents the resolution?

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When the Mrs. W’s say it’s not over yet and disappear

36
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What is the Central theme of the novel?

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Using your talents and abilities; love can conquer evil if you are confident in that love

37
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Person that cares enough for Scrooge to warn hi of his fate:

A

Jacob Marley

38
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Person that felt they had been replaced by the love of money:

A

Belle

39
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Person that came to get young Scrooge and bring him home:

A

Fan

40
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Person who showed Scrooge that people would celebrate when he died:

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Ghost of Christmas yet to come

41
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Person that is a blood relative of Scrooge, but chose love:

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Fred

42
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Person who would die if Scrooge continued to live in his evil ways:

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Tiny Tim

43
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Person that gave thanks to Scrooge for the feast:

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Bob Cratchit

44
Q

Person that symbolizes the true Christmas spirit:

A

Ghost of Christmas present

45
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Person who orders the prize turkey to be taken to the Cratchits for Christmas dinner:

A

Scrooge

46
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Person who symbolizes memories and how they can affect your present and future:

A

Ghost of Christmas past

47
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Person who was kind for everyone who worked for him:

A

Fezziwig

48
Q

T or F: Belle never got married because she always loved Scrooge:

A

F

49
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T or F: Tiny Tim considered Scrooge to be a second father at the end of the story:

A

T

50
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T or F: Marley and Scrooge were alike because they were both married:

A

F

51
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T or F: Scrooge immediately painted out Marley’s name as soon as he died because he wanted to forget him quickly:

A

F

52
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T or F: Scrooge’s clerk kept warm by a small piece of coal:

A

T

53
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T or F: Two portly men come to Scrooge’s office looking for Marley and asking that their debts be forgiven:

A

F

54
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T or F: Scrooge sees Marley’s face in the fog by his front door:

A

F

55
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T or F: Marley told Scrooge that he had been traveling without rest since he had died:

A

T

56
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T or F: Fan told Scrooge that their father had died since he had seen him last:

A

F

57
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T or F: As a child, Scrooge spent his time painting:

A

F

58
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T or F: Scrooge had so much hate in his heart, that he did not care if the poor people died:

A

T

59
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T or F: Fred talked very poorly about his uncle to the rest of the family:

A

F

60
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T or F: No one forgave Scrooge for what he had done, even if he had changed:

A

F