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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: Miss Honey's Cottage; Chapter 17: Miss Honey's story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What writer does Matilda tell her father was bald?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Christopher Marlowe.

2. What does the author say has made Matilda's life with her parents bearable?
(a) Going to school.
(b) Reading her books.
(c) Visiting the library.
(d) Punishing them.

3. What did Miss Honey"s father do for a living?
(a) A musician.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A nurse.

4. What is the name of the poet Miss Honey references in this section?
(a) D. H Lawrence.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Dylan Thomas.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

5. What does the author compare the size of Miss Honey's kitchen to?
(a) A dining room.
(b) A clothes cupboard.
(c) A child's bedroom.
(d) An assembly room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Miss Honey's family house located?

2. What does Matilda's father put in the gear boxes?

3. What does Mrs. Wormwood tell Matilda she will learn when she is older?

4. Why does Hortensia say parents don't complain about Trunchbull?

5. What does the author say Mr. Wormwood looks like in his loud suit?

(see the answer key)

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