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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Miss Honey.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who do Matilda's parents think is in the house when they first hear talking?
(a) A murderer.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A burglar.
(d) A child.

3. What is the difference between how most parents talk about their children and how Matilda's parents talk about Matilda?
(a) They say she is genuis.
(b) They say she can't watch TV.
(c) They say she is beautiful every day.
(d) They say she is stupid.

4. What author did Matilda travel to Africa with?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) Frank O'Connor.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the school's headmistress?

2. Complete the following of Mr. Wormwood's many insults "you ignorant little..."

3. What is the natural color of Mrs. Wormwood's hair?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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