View a FREE sample

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. How does the author describe the brick Miss Honey"s house is made from?
(a) Brown, ancient and sturdy.
(b) Red, new and shiny.
(c) Red, old and crumbly.
(d) Yellow, sickly and cracked.

2. What is Hortensia eating while she talks to Matilda and Lavender?
(a) Crisps.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Ice cream.

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

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

5. Who does Miss Honey live with?
(a) With her brother.
(b) With her aunt.
(c) With the local farmer.
(d) She lives by herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matilda's father say he has in his head?

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

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

4. What did Hortensia put in Miss Trunchbull's gym knickers?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 240 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample