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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Matilda's brother?
(a) Michael.
(b) David.
(c) Neville.
(d) Paul.

2. What author did Matilda travel to India with?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) George Elliott.

3. What does Matilda's father have stuck to his head after he takes off his hat?
(a) Hat liner.
(b) Dead skin.
(c) Blood.
(d) Brown leather.

4. What does Matilda's father do when Matilda tells him he would enjoy her book?
(a) He throws the book through a window.
(b) He rips out the pages.
(c) He throws her out of the house.
(d) He orders her to her room.

5. What is Mrs. Wormwood watching on TV?
(a) A quiz show.
(b) A soap opera.
(c) A reality show.
(d) The news.

6. What does Miss Honey say is an amazing thing?
(a) The human brain.
(b) Childrens' imaginations.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) The animal world.

7. What material does the author compare Miss Honey's body to?
(a) China.
(b) Paper.
(c) Porcelain.
(d) Marble.

8. What does Miss Honey interrupt when she goes to see Matilda's parents?
(a) A game of twister.
(b) Dinner.
(c) An argument.
(d) A television show.

9. What is the title of chapter two?
(a) The Hat and the Superglue.
(b) Mr. Wormwood the Great Car Dealer.
(c) The Pied Piper.
(d) The Hair Dye.

10. What does Mr. Wormwood call his customers in the Platinum Blonde Man chapter?
(a) Dollar signs.
(b) Pound signs.
(c) Fools.
(d) Idiots.

11. Who does Miss Honey have to tell to stop grinning?
(a) Nigel.
(b) Matilda.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Bruce.

12. What is Mrs. Wormwood's hair the same silvery color as?
(a) Silver coiins.
(b) A parrot's feathers.
(c) An old woman's hair.
(d) A tightrope walker's tights.

13. What does the author say Mr. Wormwood looks like in his loud suit?
(a) A low-grade bookmaker.
(b) A high-class pimp.
(c) An Italian operatic singer on hoilday.
(d) A member of the paparazzi.

14. What does Miss Honey think that Miss Trunchbull is as barmy as?
(a) A bedbug.
(b) A wasp.
(c) A worm.
(d) A bluebottle.

15. Why does Hortensia say parents don't complain about Trunchbull?
(a) They agree with her.
(b) They don't know the truth.
(c) The hired her in the first place.
(d) They are too scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Miss Honey hands out to the children?

2. What author did Matilda travel to Africa with?

3. What does Miss Trunchball say are hard to squash?

4. What does Mrs. Wormwood think her daughter should be focusing on?

5. Who is first on Matilda's list for revenge?

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