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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-20: "Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock" - "Still No Bird Pie for Mr. Twit" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Mrs. Twit give to others when they ask why she needs to carry the object she always carries in her right hand?
(a) She says that she needs it in order to drive her carriage.
(b) She says that she needs it in order to cut flowers in her garden.
(c) She says that she needs it in order to alleviate the pain caused by warts.
(d) She says that she needs it in order to finish a birdhouse.

2. The narrator states that even if a bearded man takes a particular action, he will still get food in his beard. What is the named action?
(a) Affixing a bib.
(b) Eating very slowly.
(c) Opening his mouth very wide.
(d) Using a napkin.

3. The narrator reveals that before they had retired, the Twits had both worked for what type of organization?
(a) An aquarium.
(b) A garbage dump.
(c) A circus.
(d) A zoo.

4. In what location does Mr. Twit decide to place a frog in order to play a trick on Mrs. Twit?
(a) In her breakfast.
(b) In her laundry basket.
(c) In her bed.
(d) In the pocket of her robe.

5. After how many balloons are attached to Mrs. Twit does she become completely incapacitated?
(a) 12.
(b) 40.
(c) 300.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Twit's verbal response to Mrs. Twit's aerial approach?

2. What object does Mr. Twit affix into the ground as part of Mrs. Twit's cure?

3. What simile does Dahl use to characterize the way in which kind thoughts "shine out of [one's] face" (9)?

4. How does the narrator describe the number of food particles dwelling inside of Mr. Twit's beard?

5. How many men does the narrator say have beards?

(see the answer key)

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