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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSThirteen-year-old Meg Murry is having a terrible time at school and missing her father, a physicist who went on a secret government mission and has not been heard from in over a year. One stormy night, a strange old woman named Mrs. Whatsit turns up in the Murry kitchen and drops a cryptic remark about something called a tesseract, which shakes Meg's scientist mother deeply. Soon Meg, her remarkable five-year-old brother Charles Wallace, and a new friend named Calvin O'Keefe are swept off on an impossible journey through space and time to find Meg's father, guided by three mysterious beings who seem to know far more about the universe than anyone on Earth.
Free Battle of the Books questions for A Wrinkle in Time
SPOILERSEvery one of these has the same answer, and that is the point. In a real battle the question is read aloud with a dozen other books in play, and students have a few seconds to place it. Here is what a battle might ask about A Wrinkle in Time. Use them as a quiz, a trivia round, or BOTB practice.
Where in the book they come from
- Early in the book
In what book does a tramp supposedly steal twelve sheets from the constable's wife?
✓ Answer
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Meg hears about the missing sheets at the post office and worries the thief is heading for their isolated house. The thief turns out to be a magical visitor who needs them for ghost costumes.
- First half
In what book do children watch a terrifying shadow blot out the stars from a mountain peak?
✓ Answer
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
At the mountaintop on Uriel, the children see a dark Thing in the sky where no stars shine through. It is the cosmic evil that Meg's father is fighting.
- First half
In what book does the wrong dimension squeeze a girl flat like a paper doll?
✓ Answer
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
During one jump, the children accidentally land on a two-dimensional planet. Meg is flattened completely, unable to breathe, until her companions whisk her away to safety.
- Second half
In what book does a hypnotic voice chant the multiplication table to wear down three children's minds?
✓ Answer
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Prime Coordinator tries to lull the children into agreement by reciting times tables in a steady, pounding rhythm. They have to fight back to keep their thoughts their own.
- Second half
In what book do borrowed spectacles let a girl walk straight through a solid column?
✓ Answer
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Mrs. Who's glasses are Meg's last-resort gift. By putting them on she rearranges the atoms enough to pass through the prison wall and finally throw her arms around her father.
- Near the end
In what book does a furry, faceless creature cradle a frozen girl in two of its four arms?
✓ Answer
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The smallest of the gray beings picks Meg up to carry her away for healing. Its tentacles bring a warm, fragrant tingling that begins to thaw the freezing damage from the Black Thing.
