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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Mrs. Twit initially react when she feels the frog's presence?
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. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that she probably has about how long to live due to contracting The Shrinks?
4. Which longtime collaborative partner of Roald Dahl created the illustrations for The Twits?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is really in Mrs. Twit's bed when Mr. Twit tells her there must be a "Giant Skillywiggler" (12) in her bed?
2. How does the alphabetical part of the text within Chapter 3 embellish the details depicted within the diagram of Mr. Twit's mouth in the same chapter?
3. For what purpose does the author include a diagram of Mr. Twit's mouth within Chapter 3, entitled Dirty Beards?
4. For what reason does the author provide a second illustration beneath the diagram showing the degradation of Mrs. Twit's looks over time?
5. What extra part of Mr. Twit's walking stick prank plan is revealed within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?
6. How does the trickster react to seeing the tricked person unknowingly eat worms?
7. How does Dahl inject the scene within Chapter 11, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Up, with a sinister mood?
8. How and why does Dahl utilize the second person point of view within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick?
9. 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?
10. How does Mrs. Twit use her glass eye to amuse herself?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Dahl’s purpose for including illustrations within the novel The Twits and how do the images interact with the alphabetical parts of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
What is the novel's message concerning the link between thoughts and appearance?
Essay Topic 3
What messages does Roald Dahl's novel The Twits send about secrecy and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
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