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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. 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) Nailbrush.
(d) Porcupine.
2. What day of the week does the narrator name as the day when Mr. Twit certainly never deigns to wash his beard?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.
3. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that the ultimate result of The Shrinks is that there is nothing left of the afflicted person, "except" (22) what objects?
(a) A pair of shoes and a bundle of clothes.
(b) A pair of underwear and a cape.
(c) A set of false teeth and a glass eye.
(d) A hat and a coat.
4. When Mrs. Twit awakens after fainting, what object is on her face?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A clothespin.
(c) A fish.
(d) A frog.
5. 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) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Small children.
(d) Monkeys.
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. 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?
3. At what time does Mrs. Twit make lunch on the day she serves worms to Mr. Twit?
4. How old is Mr. Twit?
5. What verb does Mr. Twit use to describe the only existing "cure for The Shrinks" (23)?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the impetus for Mr. Twit's idea about releasing Mrs. Twit into the atmosphere?
3. How is Mr. Twit's complete lack of compassion for Mrs. Twit demonstrated within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?
4. How does Dahl inject the scene within Chapter 11, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Up, with a sinister mood?
5. Who plays the trick depicted in Chapter 7 entitled The Wormy Spaghetti and what is the trick?
6. How does Mrs. Twit use her glass eye to amuse herself?
7. How is the theme of deception depicted within Mrs. Twit's statements about her walking stick?
8. How and why does Dahl utilize the second person point of view within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick?
9. How does Dahl encourage curiosity in his young reader within Chapter 1, entitled Hairy Faces?
10. How often does Mr. Twit wash his beard?
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