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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. When Mr. Twit comes out to find no creatures upon the tree or upon the cage, where are the birds perched instead?
(a) In the middle of the street in front of the Twits' house.
(b) On the roof of the Twits' house.
(c) On a telephone wire near the Twits' house.
(d) On the roof of the Twits' car.

2. For how many hours each day does Mr. Twit now train his monkeys?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. What is NOT an action named by the narrator among the actions taken by the Twits in their former jobs?
(a) Teaching monkeys to do tricks.
(b) Helping the community to learn about the monkeys.
(c) Teaching monkeys to smoke pipes.
(d) Dressing monkeys up in human clothes.

4. Muggle-Wump tells his children that his plan is to perform what action in regard to the Twits?
(a) Twist their every tendon.
(b) Turn them inside-out.
(c) Tear them limb-from-limb.
(d) Turn them upside-down.

5. What is the first piece of furniture glued onto the ceiling during the enactment of Muggle-Wump's plan to destroy the Twits?
(a) The couch.
(b) The dining room table.
(c) The bed.
(d) The desk.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what location do Muggle-Wump's family and Roly-Poly retrieve the Hugtight glue?

2. Mrs. Twit insists that Mr. Twit not apply Hugtight Glue to what object?

3. What word does Muggle-Wump's child use to describe his plan, causing Muggle-Wump to tell the child to shut up?

4. How many monkeys does Mr. Twit own?

5. What adjective is used to describe Roly-Poly when he first flies "down out of the sky" (42)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason is given for Mr. Twits' continued ownership of monkeys and how much time each day does he spend with the monkeys as a result of this goal?

2. What are the steps in Muggle-Wump's plan to punish the Twits?

3. What is the final step in Muggle-Wump's plan to prepare the living room for the Twits' arrival?

4. How do the monkeys and birds gain access to the Twits' house?

5. At the start of Chapter 14, the narrator states that "That's enough of that" (32) in relation to a particular topic discussed within the novel thus far. What is that topic?

6. What does Mr. Twit tell the four boys stuck in The Big Dead Tree that he is going to do to them for scaring away the birds?

7. Who continues to find fault with Muggle-Wump's topic of conversation and why?

8. What element of the Twits' history is revealed for the first time in the chapter entitled The Great Upside-Down Monkey Circus?

9. Before Roly-Poly's arrival, Muggle-Wump had always tried to warn the birds about Mr. Twit's glue traps, but he had always been unsuccessful due to what reason?

10. What threat does Mr. Twit make against the birds and monkeys before he suggests to Mrs. Twit that they go into town to buy guns?

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