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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which longtime collaborative partner of Roald Dahl created the illustrations for The Twits?
(a) Maurice Sendak.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Ralph Steadman.
(d) Quentin Blake.

2. Mrs. Twit tells Mr. Twit that whenever he goes quiet, she knows that he is taking what action?
(a) Reading.
(b) Plotting.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Feeling sorry for himself.

3. When stating that "things cling to hairs" (5) in beards, the narrator states that what types of objects in particular stick to beard hairs?
(a) Dandruff.
(b) Food particles.
(c) Dust bunnies.
(d) Lice.

4. What is NOT an object the narrator lists among the objects Mrs. Twit likes to strike using the object she carries in her right hand?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Small children.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

5. How many birds come "flying in from miles around" (28) to stare at Mrs. Twit descending from the sky?
(a) Flocks.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Scores.

6. How does the narrator describe the weather on the day of Mrs. Twit's flight?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Calm with no wind.
(c) Windy.
(d) Breezy.

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

8. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the texture of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?
(a) He says it is too squishy.
(b) He says it is too smelly.
(c) He says it is too grainy.
(d) He says it is too mobile.

9. Which article of Mrs. Twit's clothing is depicted as billowing "out like a parachute" (28) upon her descent?
(a) Her bustle.
(b) Her bloomers.
(c) Her petticoat.
(d) Her underwear.

10. What adjective is used to describe the grin Mr. Twit wears as he cuts the strings around Mrs. Twit's ankles?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Ghoulish.
(c) Panicky.
(d) Absentminded.

11. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that she probably has about how long to live due to contracting The Shrinks?
(a) 8 or 9 days.
(b) 10 or 11 days.
(c) 2 or 3 days.
(d) 3 or 4 days.

12. What simile does Dahl use to characterize the way in which kind thoughts "shine out of [one's] face" (9)?
(a) Like rainbows.
(b) Like prisms.
(c) Like sunbeams.
(d) Like headlights.

13. After Mrs. Twit has soared off into the sky, Mr. Twit thinks to himself that "At last the old" what "is lost and gone forever" (26)?
(a) Lady.
(b) Ball and chain.
(c) Hag.
(d) Crone.

14. At what time does Mrs. Twit make lunch on the day she serves worms to Mr. Twit?
(a) 1 o'clock.
(b) Noon.
(c) 2 o'clock.
(d) 11 o'clock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in The Twits has a beard?

2. How does Mrs. Twit initially react when she feels the frog's presence?

3. When Mr. Twit declares that his spaghetti is moving, Mrs. Twit tells him that the spaghetti is a new what?

4. What two adjectives are used to describe the worms Mrs. Twit chooses for her prank?

5. What is NOT an action Mrs. Twit takes after she announces to Mr. Twit that he has been eating worms?

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