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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. In the beginning of Chapter 13, entitled Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock, Mr. Twit is celebrating Mrs. Twit's absence in what location?
2. What does Muggle-Wump lay out as the first step they must take in order to enact his secret plan?
3. What estimate does Mr. Twit provide to the monkeys regarding how long it will be before he and Mrs. Twit return from town?
4. Mr. and Mrs. Twit's house is described as looking "like a" (32) what?
5. When Mr. Twit comes outside to collect his bounty the morning after Roly-Poly warns the birds, Mr. Twit finds a great number of birds sitting in what location?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In what way is the theme of teamwork demonstrated in the chapter entitled Hugtight Sticky Glue?
3. What simile is used to describe Muggle-Wump's sense of urgency as he directs the plan to punish the Twits?
4. Who continues to find fault with Muggle-Wump's topic of conversation and why?
5. 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?
6. What is the final step in Muggle-Wump's plan to prepare the living room for the Twits' arrival?
7. How do the monkeys and birds gain access to the Twits' house?
8. In what way does Mr. Twit react to Mrs. Twit's reappearance as she descends from the sky?
9. In what way is Mr. Twit celebrating the absence of Mrs. Twit when he hears Mrs. Twit shouting as she descends upon him?
10. What plants are specifically named as ones that Mrs. Twit grows in her garden and what reasons are given for her choices?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through The Twits. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author serve Dahl’s creation of vivid characters.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Roald Dahl's novel The Twits and analyze Dahl’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the reasons why Roald Dahl's novel The Twits utilizes a third person omniscient narrator who sometimes communicates directly with the reader using the second person point of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is Dahl's intended effect on the reader?
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