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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action is described as being impossible for a bearded man to take?
(a) To wipe his face clean with a washcloth.
(b) To hide his appearance from onlookers.
(c) To use a hairdryer.
(d) To have compassion for others.

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

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

4. How often does Mr. Twit wash his beard?
(a) Once a decade.
(b) Never.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once a year on his birthday.

5. Mr. Twit's memories of what objects are said to keep him from feeling sorry for Mrs. Twit when she believes that she is shrinking?
(a) The frogs on his pillow.
(b) The worms in his spaghetti.
(c) The pains in his wrist.
(d) The bars of gold buried in the basement.

6. 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) Small children.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Monkeys.

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

8. What pet name does Mr. Twit call Mrs. Twit just before he cuts the strings around her ankles?
(a) Lovey.
(b) Sweetums.
(c) Honeybunch.
(d) Angel.

9. While the frog sleeps on Mrs. Twit's pillow, she spends the night in what location?
(a) In the closet.
(b) At her sister's house.
(c) On the sofa.
(d) In the bathtub.

10. Which character in The Twits has a beard?
(a) Mr. Twit.
(b) No one.
(c) The magpie.
(d) Mrs. Twit.

11. Mr. Twit's beard hair is described by the narrator as sticking "out straight like the bristles of a" (4) what?
(a) Scrub brush.
(b) Toothbrush.
(c) Porcupine.
(d) Nailbrush.

12. 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) Using a napkin.
(b) Opening his mouth very wide.
(c) Eating very slowly.
(d) Affixing a bib.

13. What verb does Mr. Twit use to describe the only existing "cure for The Shrinks" (23)?
(a) Surgery.
(b) Stretch.
(c) Squeeze.
(d) Shove.

14. How many men does the narrator say have beards?
(a) Scads.
(b) A plethora.
(c) Very few.
(d) A lot.

15. 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 grainy.
(c) He says it is too smelly.
(d) He says it is too mobile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many birds come "flying in from miles around" (28) to stare at Mrs. Twit descending from the sky?

2. The narrator tells the readers that the next time they see a bearded man will likely be when what other event takes place?

3. What implement does Mr. Twit have in his hand when he is described as "poking around in" (15) his spaghetti?

4. 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?

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

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