◼︎ Chapter 5 / pages 84 - 92


— Questions —


  1. Where is Meg and Charles Wallace’s father?

  2. Where will everyone go now?

  3. Mrs. Whatsit explains how to travel great distances quickly using a picture of an ant and a long piece of string.

    • Explain how the ant gets from the left hand to the right hand instantly, even though the string is very long.

  4. What is the first dimension?

  5. What is the second dimension (2D)?

  6. What is the third dimension (3D)?

  7. What is the fourth dimension (4D)?

  8. What do we call the fifth dimension?

  9. When the children tesser (or “wrinkle”) the second time, it’s much worse for Meg.

    • Explain.

  10. Where does everyone end up (towards the end of page 92)?

— A+ — Vocabulary —

You must define at least 5 words (4 points)
For each extra definition above 5 you get 1 bonus point (so you could earn 54 points our of 50!)

Google: word definition kids — then write the definition.

  1. do not despair

  2. your father needs courage

  3. your civilization still has no words for tessering

  4. an impractical, long way around

  5. Calvin did not seem perturbed

  6. what is a concept?

  7. the complete dissolution of her body

  8. the intolerable pressure

  9. protoplasm

  10. Mrs. Who seemed to evaporate