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

2. Where was Miss Honey's family house located?
(a) In the center of the village.
(b) In the woods.
(c) Next to the postoffice.
(d) At the farm.

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

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

5. What does the author say Mr. Wormwood looks like in his loud suit?
(a) A member of the paparazzi.
(b) An Italian operatic singer on hoilday.
(c) A high-class pimp.
(d) A low-grade bookmaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Mr. Wormwood read from cover to cover every week?

2. What kind of girls does Mrs. Wormwood say she is not in favor of?

3. What does Mr. Wormwood call his customers in the Platinum Blonde Man chapter?

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?

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