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

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

3. What was Mr. Wormwood's face as dark as when he arrives back from work in the Ghost chapter?
(a) A chalkboard.
(b) Mud in a rainstorm.
(c) A monter in the dark.
(d) A thunder cloud.

4. What does Matilda tell her father that the bits of leather stuck to his forehead look like?
(a) Cow dung.
(b) Insects.
(c) Mud.
(d) Melted chocolate.

5. How does Matilda's father get the hat off of his head?
(a) He has an operation.
(b) He cuts it off.
(c) He pulls it off.
(d) He burns it off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of glue does Matilda put in her father's hat to stick it his head?

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

3. Who wrote the Red Pony?

4. What color does the author say is now Mr. Wormwood's hair?

5. What kind of pet does Matilda put up the chimney?

(see the answer key)

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