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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: A New Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Matilda's teacher?
(a) Miss Prune.
(b) Miss Trunchball.
(c) Miss Lemon.
(d) Miss Honey.

2. How does Miss Honey react to Miss Trunchbull storming out of the classroom?
(a) She runs after Miss Trunchbull.
(b) She locks the classroom door.
(c) She dismisses the class.
(d) She cries.

3. What does Miss Honey interrupt when she goes to see Matilda's parents?
(a) A television show.
(b) Dinner.
(c) A game of twister.
(d) An argument.

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

5. What is the name of the boy with dirty hands?
(a) Sidney.
(b) Peter.
(c) Frankie.
(d) Nigel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must always be on the table when the headmistress teaches the class?

2. What does Miss Honey think that Matilda"s ability move objects with is connected to?

3. From what point of view is the first chapter written in?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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