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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: Miss Honey's Cottage; Chapter 17: Miss Honey's story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the stories that Matilda tells Hortensia she has read?
(a) Just so stories.
(b) William Tell stories.
(c) Grimm Brother's stories.
(d) Even so stories.

2. What does the author say Miss Honey's sitting room is as bare as?
(a) A village library.
(b) A prison cell.
(c) A cardboard box.
(d) A student's fridge.

3. What did Miss Honey"s father do for a living?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A musician.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

4. How does Hortensia get in trouble with Miss Trunchball the first time?
(a) She refused to do any work in class.
(b) She swore at the Trunchball.
(c) She poured golden syrup over Trunchbull's chair.
(d) She pulled Truchbull's hair.

5. What does Matilda think is the first indicator that Miss Honey is poor?
(a) She boils water in a saucepan.
(b) She eats supermarket brand bread.
(c) She spreads margarine on her bread.
(d) She sleeps on the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Miss Honey live with?

2. What does Mrs. Wormwood tell Matilda she will learn when she is older?

3. What is Miss Honey's front door covered with?

4. What does Hortensia say is the one thing Miss Trunchbull on girls?

5. What writer does Matilda tell her father was bald?

(see the answer key)

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