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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 the narrator describe the weather on the day of Mrs. Twit's flight?

2. In what location does Mr. Twit perform the preparations for his prank involving Mrs. Twit's walking stick?

3. Mr. Twit's memories of what objects are said to keep him from feeling sorry for Mrs. Twit when she believes that she is shrinking?

4. While the frog sleeps on Mrs. Twit's pillow, she spends the night in what location?

5. Which character in The Twits has a beard?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does the author provide a second illustration beneath the diagram showing the degradation of Mrs. Twit's looks over time?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mrs. Twit use her glass eye to amuse herself?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the theme of cruelty function within the novel and what are Dahl’s messages regarding this theme?

Essay Topic 2

How is the topic of family bonds treated within Roald Dahl's novel The Twits and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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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