Why did Mrs. Whatsit rebuke Calvin?

Whatsit transforms herself into a beautiful creature with a horse's body and a human torso. Calvin falls to his knees in shameless devotion, but Mrs. Whatsit admonishes him for his unthinking worship of her. The children climb on Mrs.
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What did Mrs. Whatsit give Calvin?

Mrs. Who gives Meg her thick funny spectacles, Calvin an excerpt from Shakespeare's "The Tempest," and Charles a quotation from Goethe. Mrs. Which's "gift" to all three children is the command that they go down into the town and stay strong together.
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What does Mrs. Whatsit apologize for at the end of the story?

Mrs. Whatsit apologizes for not saying goodbye; the Mrs. W's are busy with a new mission.
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What creature does Mrs. Whatsit turn into?

Mrs Whatsit turns into a centaur like creature with wings made of rainbows.
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What shocking thing does Mrs. Whatsit say at the end of the chapter and what does this reveal?

After removing her boots and drying her feet, Mrs. Whatsit suddenly remarks that "there is such a thing as a tesseract" and then hurries out the door. Mrs. Murry stands very still at the threshold, stunned by Mrs.
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Why did Mrs. Whatsit steal the sheets?

They steal Mrs. Buncombe's sheets to use as "ghosts" for the haunted house (to scare away intruders).
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Why did Mrs. Whatsit stop being a star?

Why did she stop being this? A star; She gave her life to help defeat evil.
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When Charles met Calvin What did he tell Calvin about Mrs Murry?

When Charles met Calvin, what did he tell Calvin about Mrs. Murry? "She's not one of us."
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What is Calvin's personality in A Wrinkle in Time?

Calvin is a encouraging and out-going person. He is also incredibly serious and careful. He watched out for Meg throughout their journey and uses his words powerfully.
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Is Mrs. Whatsit an angel?

Who, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Whatsit can be seen as guardian angels.
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What does Mrs. Whatsit look like?

Mrs Whatsit is described as being an elderly woman wrapped in layers of clothes. She first appears in chapter one. Charles Wallace, a five year old boy in the book, found her in a haunted house in the woods, where she has been living with her two friends, Mrs Who and Mrs Which.
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What happens to Mrs. Whatsit And how do the children respond?

What happens to Mrs. Whatsit, and how do the children respond? She transforms into a beautiful being similar to a horse with wings. They climb on her back and they go for a ride.
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Why did Calvin feel alone and why doesn't he feel alone anymore?

Calvin feels absolutely at home with the Murrys, because he's found people who are different the way he is (he too is unusually smart). When he says something about not feeling alone anymore, Meg is surprised, because to her he seemed one of the most popular and well-liked kids at her school.
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What did Mrs. Whatsit reveal about herself?

Whatsit reveal about herself? Mrs. Whatsit reveals that she was once a star, and had fought/hit the black thing and is why she is in her current form.
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Why do you think Mrs. Whatsit tells Meg to stay angry?

Why does Mrs. Whatsit tell Meg to stay angry? She wants Meg not to be frightened. Being angry will let her take her mind off of being scared.
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Who is the only person that can save Charles Wallace?

Lesson Summary

Although Mr. Murry and Calvin both offer to return to Camazotz to save Charles Wallace, it is ultimately determined that Meg is the only one who could possibly succeed in saving Charles Wallace from IT's control.
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What does Calvin O'Keefe look like?

A Man of Many Hats

Well, this pretty much describes the life of Calvin O'Keefe in A Wrinkle in Time. You might say he wears a different hat at home, at school, and when he is with the Murry family. On the surface, he is a tall, thin teenage boy with freckles and blue eyes.
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Do Meg and Calvin get married?

Thanks to the other four novels in the Time Quintet and the O'Keefe novels, we know that Calvin and Meg eventually get married towards the end of the former series.
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How old is Calvin A Wrinkle in Time?

Calvin is the third oldest of Paddy and Branwen O'Keefe's eleven children: a tall, thin, red-haired 14-year-old high school junior.
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Why is Mrs. Murry shocked at the end of this chapter in a wrinkle in time?

Why is Mrs. Murry shocked at the end of chapter 1? It was a joke between Meg's parents and her mother would explain it to her later.
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What rumor was being spread about Meg's father?

Murry explains that Meg's father used to play number games with her when she was a child, thus teaching her all sorts of tricks and shortcuts. After dinner, Calvin reads to Charles Wallace in bed while Meg sits with her mother downstairs. Mrs. Murry expresses her grief at her beloved husband's absence.
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How and why does Calvin fit in with the Murry family?

Murry knew Calvin before they all went on their adventure. How and why does Calvin fit in with the Murry family? They go to Uriel, the third planet of the star Malak in the spiral nebula Messier 101. They go because they want to save their farther.
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What is Meg's greatest fault?

Meg's faults, in other words, are a response to a world that tries to push her into conformity. The world is an unjust place that viciously punishes any sort of difference, and Meg feels its unjustness with the full force of adolescence.
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How old is Mrs who in A Wrinkle in Time?

Changes to Mrs.

In the original manuscript of A Wrinkle in Time, Mrs. Whatsit calculates her age to be exactly 625,379,152,497 years, 8 months, and 3 days old. After editing, the number changes to 2,379,152,497 years, 8 months, and 3 days old due to L'Engle's research into the possible age of the universe.
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When they see Calvin's mother through the medium crystal ball what do they see?

Q. When they see Calvin's mother through the Medium's crystal ball, what do they see? Calvin's mother standing in front of a sink, very unkempt, and she is screaming at two small children. Calvin's mother standing in front of a mirror, very well groomed, and she is singing to two small children.
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