CHAPTER 7 - "The man With the Red Eyes"
VOCABULARY
| unsubstantial | bravado | fascination | impressionable | inefficient |
| arrogance | radioactive | hypnotize | defiant | tenacity |
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Answer the following questions with complete sentences:
1. Whom did the kids meet when they finally got inside of the Central Intelligence Building?
2. How did they resist being hypnotized?
3. Why did Charles Wallace hit the man?
4. What happened when Charles Wallace looked into the eyes of the man the first time?
5. What did Meg do about it?
6. What happened the second time Charles Wallace looked into the man’s eyes?
7. Find the word that means:
a) without physical substance (Pg. _____)
b) false bravery (Pg. _____)
c) put in a trance to control the mind (Pg. _____)
d) easy to impress or influence (Pg. _____)
e) stubbornness (Pg. ____)
CHAPTER 7 - VOCABULARY TEST
PART 1 - Match the correct meaning with each word.
| 1. | inefficient .. | A) | attraction of one’s attention |
| 2. | arrogance . | B) | disobedient |
| 3. | impressionable .. | C) | stubbornness; determination |
| 4. | hypnotize | D) | conceitedness; too proud of oneself |
| 5. | radioactive . | E) | pretending to be brave |
| 6. | defiant .. | F) | imaginary; without physical substance |
| 7. | bravado ... | G) | weak; unskilled; ineffective |
| 8. | tenacity . | H) | put in a trance |
| 9. | fascination | I) | hot; poisonous |
| 10. | unsubstantial | J) | easily influenced |
PART 2 - Choose the correct word from the list above to complete the following sentences:
1. The wall seemed ____________________ as though one might almost be able to walk through it.
2. Madame Curie was known for her study of ______________ chemicals.
3. Even though Meg did not like the man, she stared at him with a horrified _________________.
4. The kids recited things from their own memory to keep themselves from being __________________(d) by the man with the red eyes.
5. Meg was ________________ and refused to do as the man told her.
6. Meg gave Charles Wallace an ____________________ tackle and knocked him to the ground.
7. ________________ is one of Meg’s faults. It will help her to not give up until she finds her father.
8. Charles Wallace acted so sure of himself, but it was really just ________________.
9. Mrs. Whatsit had warned Charles Wallace to beware of pride and ___________________, that it would get him into trouble.
10. The man with the red eyes picked Charles Wallace because he was so young and _______________________.
PART 3 - Extra Credit - Choose five (5) words from the list and write your own sentence for each.
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CHAPTER 8 - "The Transparent Column"
VOCABULARY
| hysterical | primitive | enlightened | ominous | emanate |
| pinion | somber | annihilate | sadist | deviate |
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Answer the following questions with complete sentences:
1. What does Meg think has happened to Charles Wallace?
2. What do you think has happened to him?
3. What does Charles Wallace tell Meg about Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which?
4. What is Calvin’s gift from Mrs. Whatsit?
5. How does Calvin try to use this gift?
6. Does it work? __ Explain.
7. How do they make sure that no one suffers on Camazotz?
8. What do you think about this practice?
9. What do you think "IT" is?
10. Where is Father?
11. How would you solve Dr. Murry's problem?
CHAPTER 8 - VOCABULARY TEST
PART 1 - Match the correct meaning with each word.
1. hysterical . A) early stage of development 2. pinion B) to educate; bring knowledge 3. primitive C) to come forth from a source 4. somber . D) very emotional or excited 5. enlighten . E) threatening; showing signs of danger 6. annihilate F) to turn aside; to be different 7. ominous . G) to tie down 8. sadist . H) destroy completely 9. emanate . I) dark and gloomy 10. deviate . J) one who enjoys hurting others
PART 2 - Choose the correct word from the list above to complete the following sentences:
1. Some of our Earth ways may seem ___________________ to people like Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which.
2. Meg became almost ________________ when Charles Wallace was hypnotized.
3. Mrs. Whatsit tried to _____________________ the kids about the
4. ________________ shadow over the Earth.
5. The people of Camazotz were afraid to ________________ from what everyone else was doing.
6. The strangeness of the people of Camazotz was so _________________ that it made Charles Wallace afraid.
7. On Camazotz, Meg tried to ________________ Charles Wallace to keep him from getting hypnotized.
8. If people on Camazotz get sick, they don’t try to cure them. They _______________________ them instead.
9. The man with the red eyes seemed to be a ______________ as he watched Meg suffer from hunger.
10. Even though it was Charles Wallace speaking, the words seemed to ________________ from another source.
PART 3 - Extra Credit - Choose five (5) words from the list and write your own sentence for each.
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CHAPTER 9 - " IT "
VOCABULARY
| transparent | whimper | alien | impenetrable | despair |
| encounter | sinister | inexorable | tangible | omnipotent |
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Answer each question with complete sentences:
1. How does Meg help her father to get out of the column?
2. Meg thought that everything was going to be all right once she found her father, but it wasn’t. Why not?
3. What would you do if you were Meg?
4. What is " IT," and what does " IT" do on Camazotz?
5. What are Meg’s faults?
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6. Are her faults helping her? - Why? - Why not?
7. How do they escape from the power of " IT" ?
8. Create a timeline and storyboard showing the events of this chapter.
CHAPTER 9 - VOCABULARY TEST
PART 1 - Match the correct meaning with each word.
1. omnipotent A) strange; foreign 2. tangible . B) unyielding; changeless 3. inexorable . C) clear; see-through 4. impenetrable .. D) experience; meet face to face 5. whimper . E) all-powerful; almighty 6. sinister F) hopelessness 7. transparent G cannot penetrate or pass through 8. alien H) threatening; evil 9. encounter I) corporeal; able to be touched 10. despair J) cry softly; whine
PART 2 - Choose the correct word from the list above to complete the following sentences:
1. Meg could see through the __________________ column which held her father prisoner, but she could not go into it.
2. The column was ___________________ until Meg put on Mrs. Who’s glasses.
3. Charles Wallace had an ___________ expression on his face as he began to (4) _____________ like a small hurt animal.
5. Meg wanted her father to be able to solve everything, but he was not ____________________.
6. Meg felt nothing but _____________ when she realized the her father could not solve all their problems
7. Instead of making everything all right, they were beginning to ___________________ all kinds of new problems.
8. "IT" is a ________________ brain that controls all of Camazotz.
9. The ____________________ rhythm of "IT" almost drew Meg into the hypnotic spell.
10. The pulse in the room seemed almost like a ________________ thing.
PART 3 - Extra Credit - Choose five (5) words from the list and write your own sentence for each.
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CHAPTER 10 - "Absolute Zero"
VOCABULARY
| inverted | disintegrate | puny | corrosive | imperceptible |
| devour | fallible | indentation | loathing | assuage |
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Answer the questions with complete sentences:
1. Create an Open Mind showing Meg’s thoughts and feelings at the beginning of this chapter.
2. Why had Mr. Murry gone to Camazotz in the first place?
3. Where are they now?
4. Why had they not brought Charles Wallace with them?
5. Why was Meg so disappointed in her father?
6. What made her speak to her father the way she did?
7. Read the description of the creatures of this new place. (Pg. _______) Then draw a picture to show what you imagine them to look like.
CHAPTER 10 VOCABULARY TEST
PART 1 - Match the correct meaning with each word.
1. disintegrate . A) taken in; eaten up 2. fallible . B) soothe; relieve 3. puny . C) impression, dent 4. assuage ..... D) break apart; crumble 5. inverted ...... E) hatred 6. devoured . F) unreliable; subject to failure 7. corrosive ... G) unable to be noticed with the 5 senses 8. indentation ... H) little and weak 9. imperceptible .. I) destructive 10. loathing . J) inside-out PART 2 - Choose the correct word from the list above to complete the following sentences:
1. Father had no idea how long he had been imprisoned in the column since time on Camazotz seems to be ____________, turned in on itself.
2. Compared to the whole universe, human knowledge is very ________.
3. The Tesseract could cause your body to _________________ in order to travel through time and space.
4. On the new planet the smell of the flowers was so delicate that is was almost _____________________.
5. Disappointment was as dark and ________________ in Meg as the Black Thing.
6. Father had to admit to Meg that he was _______________ and did not have special powers like the Three Mrs. W’s.
7. Charles Wallace was being _______________(ed) by "IT", and no one seemed to be able to do anything about it.
8. The creatures on the new planet did not have eyes, noses and mouths but only _______________________(s) instead.
9. Meg felt nothing but ___________________ and revulsion toward the creature who reached out to touch her.
10. But the touch from the creature helped to ______________ her pain.
PART 3 - Extra Credit - Choose five (5) words from the list and write your own sentence for each.
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CHAPTER 11 - "Aunt Beast"
VOCABULARY
| trepidation | tentacle | alternative | counteract | pungent |
| perplexity | opaque | jeopardize | acquaintance | despondent |
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Answer the following questions with complete sentences:.
1. What was Calvin talking about when he said, "We’re shadowed. But we’re fighting the shadow." ?
2. What made Meg decide that the beast of Ixchel must be good?
3. The beast told Meg, "We do not know what things look like. We know what things are like." How do they know what things are like without seeing them?
4. What did Meg decide to call the beast? Why?
5. In Chapter 10, Mr. Murry told Meg, " We were sent here for something. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose." Now, Aunt Beast tells Meg, "We are called according to His purpose..."
- What do you think they mean by purpose?
6. Look up the words temporal and eternal. What do you think Aunt Beast means when she says, "For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things which are not seen are eternal. " ? (Pg. ____)
7. Why had Meg rejected her father?
8. Why did Meg have such a hard time explaining the Three Mrs. W’s to to Aunt Beast?
9. What is Calvin’s gift from Mrs. Whatsit?
10. How did this gift help him to know what the Three Mrs. W’s really are?
CHAPTER 11 - VOCABULARY TEST
PART 1 - Match the correct meaning with each word.
1. trepidation A) act against; neutralize the effect 2. despondent B) another choice 3. tentacle .... C) state of alarm; fear 4. acquaintance D) not letting light through; nontransparent 5. alternative E) bewilderment; puzzling confusion 6. opaque .. F) depressed; sad 7. counteract . G) sharp and biting to the taste or smell 8. jeopardize . H) friend; knowledge of 9. pungent I) boneless limb; feeler 10. perplexity . J) endanger; threaten PART 2 - Choose the correct word from the list above to complete the following sentences:
1. Aunt Beast’s warmth could _____________________ the icy coldnessof the dark thing.
2. The beasts had four arms and many ______________ instead of fingers.
3. Mr. Murry had no __________________ but to tesser away from Camazotz, leaving Charles Wallace behind.
4. Aunt Beast rubbed a warm ______________ cream on Meg’s body to help her get well.
5. Meg felt __________________ because her father had left Charles Wallace on Camazotz.
6. The _________________ atmosphere of Ixchel keep them from seeing the stars
7. The beasts felt ___________________ when they thought that the humans we from a dark planet.
8. They beasts were filled with ________________ as Meg tried to explain Mrs. Whatsit to them.
9. Mr. Murry would not ______________________ Charles Wallace’s life by tessering him away while he was still under the spell of "IT".
10. Meg made a new _____________________ of Aunt Beast on Ixchel.
PART 3 - Extra Credit - Choose five (5) words from the list and write your own sentence for each.
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CHAPTER 12 - "The Foolish and the Weak"
VOCABULARY
appalling |
formidable |
league |
fatal |
sonnet |
confound |
prevail |
permeate |
unadulterated |
vestige |
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Answer the following questions with complete sentences:
1. Why is Meg the only one who can go back to Camazotz to try to save Charles Wallace?
2. How do Mr. Murry and Calvin react to this idea?
3. What is a sonnet ? Why does Mrs. Whatsit compare our lives to a sonnet?
4. Meg started to give her father a message to give to her mother, but she changed her mind. Why?
5. What gifts do the Three Mrs. W’s give to Meg this time before sending her on her mission to Camazotz?
a) Mrs. Whatsit:
b) Mrs. Who:
c) Mrs. Which:
6. What happens whenever Meg feels a negative emotion like doubt, anger and hatred?
7. What power does Meg have that "IT" does not have?
8. How does she use this power to save her brother?
9. Mrs. Which tessered Meg and Charles Wallace off of Camazotz to... Where?
10. What time was it when they arrived?
11. Explain the title of this Chapter.
12. I would / would not (circle one) recommend this book to my friends because:
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CHAPTER 12 VOCABULARY TEST
PART 1 - Match the correct meaning with each word:
1. appalling .. A) sink in 2. permeate . B) confuse 3. fatal .. C) remains 4. confound D) songlike poem 5. formidable . E) frightful 6. vestige F) to win; dominate 7. league .. G) pure; uncorrupted 8. unadulterated H) deadly 9. sonnet I) cooperative union 10. prevail . J) hard to overcome PART 2 - Choose the correct word from the list above to complete the following sentences:
1. The way people were treated on Camazotz was _________________.
2. Calvin accused Mrs. Whatsit of being in _________________ with "IT" when she insisted that only Meg could go back to Camazotz.
3. Meg could be in _____________ danger if she too were to be drawn into "IT".
4. Mrs. Whatsit told Calvin that life is like a ____________. There is a very strict form that makes it what it is, but we have complete freedom to live as we choose.
5. Mrs. Who told Meg that God has chosen the foolish and the weak to ________________ those who think they are so wise and strong.
6. The rhythm of "IT" tried to _____________ Meg’s mind and draw her into its clutches.
7. When Meg felt sheer ______________________ hatred toward "IT" she began to be drawn in by her own hatred.
8. With her last _____________ of consciousness, Meg jerked her mind and her body from the clutches of "IT" .
9. Meg used the power of LOVE to overcome the ________________ evil force of "IT".
10. LOVE always _________________(s) over evil.
PART 3 - Extra Credit - Choose five (5) words from the list and write your own sentence for each.
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