A Wrinkle in Time Discussion Questions

Chapter One
1. Why do you think Meg feels like an oddball?
2. What is it about Charles Wallace and Meg that people find strange or fear?
3. What is Mrs. Whatsit able to detect about the Murry's? How do you think she is able to know these things?

Chapter Two
1.Why do think Charles Wallace is able to know the things he does?
2. What language do you think Charles Wallace is talking about in his conversation with Meg?
3. What does the strange ending to the chapter make you wonder about?

Chapter Three
1. What do you think Calvin means when he says"Isn't his wonderful? I feel as though I were just being born! I'm not alone anymore!"?
2. What do you think Charles Wallace means when he says that Meg "is not one thing or the other, not flesh nor fowl, or good red herring."?
3. What do you think happened to Mr. Murry?

Chapter Four
1. What do you think is happening to Meg at the beginning of this chapter?
2. Why do you think Calvin bowed down to Mrs. Whatsit?
3. What do you think the children sense about the dark shadow?

Chapter Five
1. Why is Meg upset at the beginning of this chapter?
2. What do you think the dark thing is or represents?
3. In the chapter the children listed some historical figures that were fighters against the darkness. Who are some other figures besides the ones mentioned in this chapter that could have been fighters against the darkness?

Chapter Six
1. Why do you think Mrs. Whatsit tells Meg to stay angry?
2. How do you think Meg's faults will help her?
3. What do think Mrs. Whatsit is trying to tell Charles Wallace in her warning to him?

Chapter Seven
1. What do you think It is?
2. What do you think makes Charles Wallace afraid?
3. Where do you think Charles Wallace goes?

Chapter Eight
1. How have the people of Camazotz given into the darkness?
2. Although there is no hunger, war, or illness on Camazotz why isn't it a perfect place?
3. Do you feel that differences create problems? Explain why or why not.

Chapter Nine
1. Meg thought everything was going to be all right once she found her father but it wasn't. Why not?
2. What would you do if you were Meg?
3. What do think It does to to Meg?

Chapter Ten
1. Where do think Mr. Murry's coworker Hank went?
2. What causes Meg to speak to her father the way that she does?
3. Why do think Meg is unable to move?

Chapter Eleven
1. What was Calvin talking about when he said"We're shadowed but we're fighting the shadow."?
2. 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?
3. 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?

Chapter Twelve
1. Why do you think Meg changes her mind about giving her father a message to give to her mother?
2. What do you think the title of this chapter mean?
3. What did you think of this book? Be detailed in your response.