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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. From what location do Muggle-Wump's family and Roly-Poly retrieve the Hugtight glue?
2. What word does Muggle-Wump's child use to describe his plan, causing Muggle-Wump to tell the child to shut up?
3. For what reason do Muggle-Wump's efforts to warn the birds about the Hugtight never succeed?
4. When Mr. Twit sees Mrs. Twit descending from the sky, he jumps "as though" (30) what event has taken place?
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. How do the monkeys and birds gain access to the Twits' house?
2. In what way does Mr. Twit react to Mrs. Twit's reappearance as she descends from the sky?
3. What are the steps in Muggle-Wump's plan to punish the Twits?
4. What simile is used to describe Muggle-Wump's sense of urgency as he directs the plan to punish the Twits?
5. How are the birds able to find out about the plans Mr. Twit has in store for them?
6. Who continues to find fault with Muggle-Wump's topic of conversation and why?
7. In what way is Mr. Twit celebrating the absence of Mrs. Twit when he hears Mrs. Twit shouting as she descends upon him?
8. In what way is Mr. Twit outwitted at the beginning of Chpater 21: "Mr. and Mrs. Twit Go Off to Buy Guns"?
9. 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?
10. Besides Muggle-Wump, his family, and the Roly-Poly Bird, who else helps with the plan to punish the Twits?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why Roald Dahl instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of his novel The Twits.
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of Roly-Poly's character within the novel The Twits? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Roly-Poly and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays Roly-Poly in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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