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

2. What does Mrs. Wormwood tell Matilda she will learn when she is older?
(a) Men are not as clever as they think.
(b) Family comes first.
(c) Life in meaningless without a man.
(d) People are cruel.

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

4. What serves as chairs in Miss Honey"s sitting room?
(a) Old TV sets.
(b) Logs.
(c) Stools.
(d) Wooden boxes.

5. What does Matilda's father put in the gear boxes?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Pebbles.
(c) Water.
(d) Sawdust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author say Miss Honey's sitting room is as bare as?

3. What are the names of the stories that Matilda tells Hortensia she has read?

4. What standard does Miss Honey think Matilda could get to in a few years time with the right coaching?

5. What does Hortensia say is the one thing Miss Trunchbull on girls?

(see the answer key)

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