Read the excerpt from Chapter 7 of A Wrinkle in Time.

In this scene, the children enter the enormous machine room where the man with the red eyes is waiting for them.

Charles Wallace said suddenly, and his voice held panic, "Don't let go my hands! Hold me tight! He's trying to get at me!"

“Who?” Meg squeaked.

“I don’t know. But he’s trying to get at me! I can feel him!”

“Let’s go back.” Calvin started to pull away.

“No,” Charles Wallace said. “I have to go on. We have to make decisions, and we can’t make them if they are based on fear.” His voice sounded old and strange and remote. Meg, clasping his small hand tightly, could feel it sweating in hers.

As they approached the end of the room their steps slowed. Before them was a platform. On the platform was a chair, and on the chair was a man.

Question 1
Part A

What inference can be made based on the details in the excerpt?

Responses

Charles trusts the man to help them figure out what to do next.
Charles trusts the man to help them figure out what to do next.

Calvin gives up easily in difficult or dangerous situations.
Calvin gives up easily in difficult or dangerous situations.

Charles worries the man is trying to take control of his mind.
Charles worries the man is trying to take control of his mind.

Meg believes Charles can protect them from the man.
Meg believes Charles can protect them from the man.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the text supports the answer to Part A?

Responses

“'Let’s go back.'” Calvin started to pull away."
“'Let’s go back.'” Calvin started to pull away."

"Meg, clasping his small hand tightly, could feel it sweating in hers."
"Meg, clasping his small hand tightly, could feel it sweating in hers."

"'We have to make decisions, and we can’t make them if they are based on fear.'”
"'We have to make decisions, and we can’t make them if they are based on fear.'”

"'But he’s trying to get at me! I can feel him!'”
"'But he’s trying to get at me! I can feel him!'”