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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Mr. Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Matilda's surname?
(a) Honey.
(b) Jones.
(c) Petersen.
(d) Wormwood.

2. What is the title of chapter one?
(a) The reader of books.
(b) The lover of rivers.
(c) The thrower of balls.
(d) The writer of poems.

3. What kind of car is Matilda's father glad to buy?
(a) One with the gears worn out.
(b) One with no engine.
(c) With with flat tires.
(d) One with no sparkplug.

4. What does Matilda teach herself by the age of three?
(a) To read.
(b) To mimic.
(c) To write.
(d) To sing.

5. What two authors does Matilda say her parents should read to learn more about life?
(a) Dickens and Kipling.
(b) Elliott and Seymour.
(c) Smith and Jones.
(d) Conrad and Selby Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the librarian become concerned with Matilda?

2. What kind of jackets does Matilda's father like wearing?

3. What is the difference between how most parents talk about their children and how Matilda's parents talk about Matilda?

4. Who does Matilda's father say will be joining him in his business?

5. What does Mr. Wormwood use to turn back the numbers of the speedometer?

(see the answer key)

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