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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 Mrs. Wormwood tell Matilda she will learn when she is older?
(a) Men are not as clever as they think.
(b) Life in meaningless without a man.
(c) People are cruel.
(d) Family comes first.

2. What does the author say has made Matilda's life with her parents bearable?
(a) Visiting the library.
(b) Punishing them.
(c) Reading her books.
(d) Going to school.

3. Who is first on Matilda's list for revenge?
(a) Mrs. Phelps.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

4. Complete the following sentence - "even when your own child is a disgusting little..."
(a) Spot.
(b) Blister.
(c) Scab.
(d) Eyeball.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of chapter two?

2. What does Mr. Wormwood think his workers think he is trying emulate by keeping his hat on his head all day?

3. What writer does Matilda tell her father was bald?

4. What does Matilda's father do for a living?

5. How does Matilda's father get the hat off of his head?

(see the answer key)

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