◼︎ Chapter 8

— Questions —

  1. Meg feels Charles Wallace is no longer himself, but a doll.

    • Why does she feel this way?

  2. Charles says, “He isn’t an enemy at all. He’s our friend.”

    • What’s going on do you think?

  3. What happens when Meg and Calvin try to hold onto Charles Wallace?

  4. Charles walks with a jerky rhythm.

    • Why might this be?

  5. On Camazotz they annihilate anyone who is ill, they put them to sleep.

    • How does this change the way you have been thinking about Camazotz so far?

  6. Charles Wallace says he rearranged the atoms in the wall.

    • What are atoms?

  7. Charles Wallace says, “Differences create problems.”

    • How might this be true?

  8. What might it be like if everyone were exactly the same?

  9. As they discuss IT and Camazotz with Charles Wallace, Calvin says, “This is Evil.”

    • Why does he say this?

  10. Charles Wallace shows Meg their father.

    • What does Meg see?

— Vocabulary —

Google: word definition kids — then write the definition.

  1. you are hysterical — note: the man with red eyes does not think Meg is funny.

  2. “No,” Meg said grimly

  3. Meg’s spindly strength

  4. Mg’s arms were pinioned against her back

  5. Everyone has learned to submit

  6. without the correct connotations

  7. Charles Wallaces’ marionette walk

  8. a dull sulphurous light

  9. It is a sadist

  10. Charles Wallace’s strange monotonous voice

— A+ BONUS—

Atoms are made up of three smaller particles.

Two of these particles are found in the nucleus. The third exists in a cloud around the nucleus.

What are these three particles?