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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Trunchbull; Chapter 9: The Parents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Honey say is an amazing thing?
(a) The human brain.
(b) The animal world.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Childrens' imaginations.

2. What is the title of chapter nine?
(a) Blubberball.
(b) Help.
(c) Too Clever.
(d) The parents.

3. What writer does Matilda tell her father was bald?
(a) Christopher Marlowe.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) William Shakespeare.

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

5. What did Matilda's parents call her rather than congratulating her for her speech abilities?
(a) A looney tune.
(b) A chatterbox.
(c) A random number.
(d) A foolish little girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the librarian become concerned with Matilda?

2. What does Miss Trunchball say are hard to squash?

3. What was Mr. Wormwood's face as dark as when he arrives back from work in the Ghost chapter?

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

5. What does Mr. Workwood say it means if you have good strong hair?

(see the answer key)

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