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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12: "Wormy Spaghetti" - "Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Down".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what location does Mrs. Twit acquire the worms she needs for the prank she wants to pull on Mr. Twit?
(a) From the garden.
(b) From the garbage dump.
(c) From the hardware store.
(d) From the gas station.

2. What object does Dahl use within his simile indicating the speed with which Mrs. Twit flies into the air once Mr. Twit has cut the strings?
(a) Catapult.
(b) Rocket.
(c) Cannon.
(d) Firecracker.

3. In order to play a trick on Mr. Twit, Mrs. Twit puts her glass eye into what location?
(a) Into Mr. Twit's bed.
(b) Into Mr. Twit's spaghetti dinner.
(c) Into Mr. Twit's glass of beer.
(d) Into Mr. Twit's bowl of ice cream.

4. What object does Mr. Twit affix into the ground as part of Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) An iron ring.
(b) A wooden stake.
(c) A rubber peg.
(d) A wooden fence post.

5. How does Mr. Twit fill the balloons he has prepared for Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) He uses a bicycle bump to blow them up.
(b) He forces the monkeys to blow them up.
(c) He uses a gas cylinder to blow them up.
(d) He blows them up himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Twit points out that Mrs. Twit's feet are dangling in the air, what is her reaction?

2. Which longtime collaborative partner of Roald Dahl created the illustrations for The Twits?

3. What object does Mrs. Twit use to systematically sever the strings attached to the balloons?

4. In the illustration of Mrs. Twit as she drools with fear at the prospect of having The Shrinks, what object is she holding in one hand?

5. At the end of the chapter focusing on the state of Mr. Twit's beard, the narrator states, "What I'm trying to tell you is that Mr. Twit" (7) is what kind of an old man?

(see the answer key)

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