◼︎ Chapter 2 / pages 35 - 44

— Questions —

  1. Who is Fortinbras?

  2. Fortinbras ran off and “doubled-back.”

    • What does it mean to double-back?

  3. How does Meg know Charles Wallace loves her?

  4. Who is Calvin O’Keefe?

  5. What does Calvin look like?

  6. "[Mrs. Whatsit and her friends] get a lot of fun out of using all the typical props," Charles Wallace said.

    • What are the typical props at the “haunted house”?

  7. “The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of” is a famous quote by Pascal.

    • What do you think it means?

  8. Mrs. Who says, “It’s getting near time.”

    • Make a prediction: getting near time for what?

  9. Charles Wallace tells Meg that Fortibras didn’t growl or quiver when they met Mrs. Who.

    • What does this tell Charles Wallace?

— Vocabulary —

Google: word definition kids — then write the definition.

  1. her voice sounded cross (cross is an adverb here, not a noun)

  2. the fragrant woods

  3. Charles slipped his hand confidingly in Meg’s (you might also try looking up confide)

  4. “He made snide remarks”

  5. inadvertently

  6. “What is this? The third degree?”

  7. to feel smug about something

  8. “Do you know what compulsion means?”

  9. an old crow gave a racucous cry

  10. She sat in a dilapidated Boston rocker

— A+ BONUS —

What does the author in this chapter do to make us curious?