Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Charles Wallace’s friend Mrs. Whatsit (Chapter 1)

2. Hot cocoa (Chapter 1)

3. The so-called haunted house in the woods behind their house (Chapter 2)

4. He was doing an experiment for NASA. He had to be away and wrote letters home that just stopped one day. (Chapter 3)

5. Calvin is a few grades above Meg at her school; they meet outside the haunted house when the Murray children walk there after school. (Chapter 2)

Short-Answer Response

1. Mrs. Murray is shocked and afraid. Her response implies that Mrs. Whatsit is saying something true, but also something Mrs. Murray didn’t think anyone else knew about. (Chapter 1)

2. Calvin is happy to meet the Murray family because he feels like he belongs with them. They are all intelligent, loving people, both things he doesn’t get much of at home or at school. He’s not being mean, he’s being ironic, alluding to the fact that people see Meg and Charles as unintelligent, but they are the opposite. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. She shows them a dark, ominous shadow that blocks out the stars and emanates evil.