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The Twits Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impetus does the narrator suggest causes a person to display an ugly appearance?
(a) Greed.
(b) Ugly thoughts.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Selfishness.

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

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the appearance of Mrs. Twit's face during her youth?
(a) Fine.
(b) Nice.
(c) Plain.
(d) Hideous.

4. What two adjectives are used to describe the worms Mrs. Twit chooses for her prank?
(a) Squishy and swishy.
(b) Big and long.
(c) Fat and pale.
(d) Squirmy and irmy.

5. The narrator states at the beginning of Chapter 12 that though Mrs. Twit may be "ugly" and "beastly" (27), she does not exhibit what characteristic?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Greed.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Sloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Twit react when he finds Mrs. Twit's glass eye in the place where she had hidden it?

2. The wooden discs that Mr. Twit uses to lengthen Mrs. Twit's walking stick are described as being "no thicker than" (18) what object?

3. Mrs. Twit tells Mr. Twit that whenever he goes quiet, she knows that he is taking what action?

4. In order to play a trick on Mr. Twit, Mrs. Twit puts her glass eye into what location?

5. In what location does Mr. Twit decide to place a frog in order to play a trick on Mrs. Twit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who plays the trick depicted in Chapter 7 entitled The Wormy Spaghetti and what is the trick?

2. How and why does Dahl utilize the second person point of view within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick?

3. How does Dahl encourage curiosity in his young reader within Chapter 1, entitled Hairy Faces?

4. In Chapter 12, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Down, the narrator uses the first sentence of the chapter to state two characteristics Mrs. Twit displays and one that she does not display. What are these three qualities?

5. How often does Mr. Twit wash his beard?

6. How does Mr. Twit think his hairy face affects his overall appearance and how does the narrator contradict Mr. Twit's point of view?

7. How does the theme of secrecy emerge within Roald Dahl's discussion of bearded men within Chapter 1, entitled Hairy Faces?

8. What third part of Mr. Twit's shrinking prank plan is revealed within Chapter 10, entitled Mrs. Twit Gets a Stretching?

9. How does the trick featured within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick, take the pranks in the novel to another level of cruelty?

10. How does Dahl inject the scene within Chapter 11, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Up, with a sinister mood?

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