◼︎ Chapter 12 / pages 222 - 232

— Questions —

  1. Mrs. Who says, “The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men."

    • What do you think this means?

  2. Mrs. Who also says, “God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty.”

    • If there is a gift for Meg in these words, what might it be?

    • If you don’t know what confound means, Google its definition.

  3. What is Mrs. Which’s gift to Meg?

  4. What does Meg think about as she walks into the city and towards the dome with IT inside?

  5. IT, speaking through Charles Wallace says, “Mrs. Whatsit hates you.”

    • What does Meg then realize?

  6. Meg is not sure she can love IT.

    • But who can she love?

  7. What happens after Charles Wallace rushes into Meg’s arms?

  8. Where does everyone return to?

  9. How does Meg know Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which and Mrs. Who are there, even though she cannot see them?

  10. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which and Mrs. Who rush off.

    • What might the have to rush off to do?

— Vocabulary —

Google: word definition kids — then write the definition.

  1. the virtue is gone from Mrs. Who’s spectacles

  2. a final gleam from the glasses

  3. the voice ceased

  4. a dim, eerie light

  5. the lights went out simultaneously

  6. a faint illumination

  7. almost imperceptibly her feet slowed

  8. a tic in his forehead

  9. the red miasma swam before her eyes

  10. the exuberance of Fortibras’s greeting

— A+ BONUS—

Do pages 222 through 232 contain the Big Climax, with a very quick Return?

Explain how they do — or don’t!