Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Who unexpectedly arrives at the Murray household on the dark and stormy night?

2. What comfort drink does Charles Wallace prepare for Meg and his mother?

3. Where do Meg and Charles Wallace go when Meg gets home from school?

4. According to Meg, what happened to her father?

5. Who is Calvin O’Keefe, and how does he meet the Murray children?

Short-Answer Response

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response. 

1. Before she leaves, Mrs. Whatsit mentions a tesseract. How does Meg’s mother respond to that? What does her response imply?

2. Why is Calvin so happy to meet the Murray family? Is he being cruel when he calls Meg and Charles Wallace morons?

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. What does Mrs. Whatsit show the children after flying them to the top of the highest mountain on the planet Uriel?

2. How does Mrs. Who demonstrate a tesser?

3. Where does the Happy Medium live?

4. What do Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who gift to Meg before leaving the children on Camazotz?

5. Where do the children go to find out more about their father?

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences.