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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 types of birds are NOT named among those captured by Mr. Twit through his use of Hugtight glue?
(a) Woodpeckers.
(b) Robins.
(c) Song thrushes.
(d) Jenny wrens.

2. What adjective is used to describe Roly-Poly when he first flies "down out of the sky" (42)?
(a) Loud.
(b) Magnificent.
(c) Scruffy.
(d) Enormous.

3. The wooden discs that Mr. Twit uses to lengthen Mrs. Twit's walking stick are described as being "no thicker than" (18) what object?
(a) A penny.
(b) A dime.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A nickel.

4. What is NOT a name Mrs. Twit calls Mr. Twit as she descends from the sky?
(a) Rotten old turnip.
(b) Filthy old frumpet.
(c) Grizzly old grunion.
(d) Crazy old crumpet.

5. Mrs. Twit grows "plenty of spiky thistles and stinging-nettles" (32) in order to keep out what "nasty nosy" (32) creatures?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the grin Mr. Twit wears as he cuts the strings around Mrs. Twit's ankles?

2. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the texture of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 13, entitled Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock, Mr. Twit is celebrating Mrs. Twit's absence with what beverage in hand?

4. Chapter 10 is entitled Mrs. Twit Gets a what?

5. What word does Dahl add to the title of Chapter 19, No Bird Pie for Mr. Twit, in order to form the title of Chapter 20?

(see the answer key)

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