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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 does the author say Matilda's parents think of her as?
(a) A blister.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A ruin.
(d) A scab.

2. What does Matilda's father do for a living?
(a) A gardener.
(b) A garbage collector.
(c) A car salesman.
(d) A doctor.

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

4. What does Matilda's father have stuck to his head after he takes off his hat?
(a) Blood.
(b) Brown leather.
(c) Hat liner.
(d) Dead skin.

5. What is Matilda's surname?
(a) Honey.
(b) Jones.
(c) Wormwood.
(d) Petersen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Matilda use to get her father's hat off of the hat stand?

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

4. What author did Matilda travel to Africa with?

5. What does Matilda's father do with the sawdust?

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