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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 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) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

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

3. The narrator states that when bearded men wash their beards, the job must be as complex as what other task enacted by people without beards?
(a) Shampooing their hair.
(b) Washing their cars.
(c) Cutting their toenails.
(d) Setting mousetraps.

4. 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 set of false teeth and a glass eye.
(c) A pair of underwear and a cape.
(d) A hat and a coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While still attached to the ground, Mrs. Twit exclaims that there is enough pull present to take her to what location?

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

3. What reason does the narrator suggest for certain men's decisions to wear beards?

4. What animal does Mrs. Twit name when she tells Mr. Twit she is watching his actions carefully?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is irony present in the one time Mr. Twit calls his wife by a pet name within the novel?

2. What evidence does the narrator provide for the conclusion that Mr. and Mrs. Twit know one another very well?

3. How is the theme of deception depicted within Mrs. Twit's statements about her walking stick?

4. What method does Mrs. Twit use to engineer her descent?

5. What extra part of Mr. Twit's walking stick prank plan is revealed within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?

6. What dramatic change has Mrs. Twit undergone since her youth and what is the reason for the change?

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

8. How does the trickster react to seeing the tricked person unknowingly eat worms?

9. What is the impetus for Mr. Twit's idea about releasing Mrs. Twit into the atmosphere?

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

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