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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Arithmetic; Chapter 6: The Platinum-Blond Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of chapter one?
(a) The reader of books.
(b) The thrower of balls.
(c) The writer of poems.
(d) The lover of rivers.

2. What kind of car is Matilda's father glad to buy?
(a) One with no sparkplug.
(b) One with the gears worn out.
(c) With with flat tires.
(d) One with no engine.

3. Why does the librarian become concerned with Matilda?
(a) She seems to have no home go back to.
(b) She is constantly crying.
(c) She is rude and aggressive.
(d) She comes to the library by herself.

4. What does Matilda use to get her father's hat off of the hat stand?
(a) An oar.
(b) A barge pole.
(c) A wooden spoon.
(d) A walking stick.

5. What book does the librarian suggest Matilda reads as her first adult book?
(a) Underworld.
(b) Moll Flanders.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) Sense and Sensibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of cars does Matilda's father sell?

2. What does Matilda teach herself by the age of three?

3. What is the title of the only book in Matilda's house?

4. Who does Matilda's father say will be joining him in his business?

5. What author did Matilda travel to Africa with?

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