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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine does Mr. Wormwood read from cover to cover every week?
(a) Film Weekly.
(b) The Autocar.
(c) The Jobsmag.
(d) The Zoot.

2. What does Miss Honey think that Miss Trunchbull is as barmy as?
(a) A bluebottle.
(b) A bedbug.
(c) A wasp.
(d) A worm.

3. What does Miss Trunchball say are hard to squash?
(a) Bad girls.
(b) Bumblebees.
(c) Bad boys.
(d) Worms.

4. Why does Matilda say she wants to eat her supper in the dining room?
(a) To read her book.
(b) To be alone.
(c) To watch the birds.
(d) To talk to her brother.

5. What was Julius Rottwinkle eating during scripture lessons?
(a) Terry's chocolate.
(b) Liquorice Allsorts.
(c) Toffee bonbons.
(d) Lemon sorbets.

6. What is the fourth line of Miss Honey's poem?
(a) With fun and laughter.
(b) With so lovely a face.
(c) With pale regal skin.
(d) With a mouth like a lemon.

7. What does Dahl say teachers have to listen to from proud parents?
(a) Waddle.
(b) Twaddle.
(c) Lies.
(d) Spew.

8. What kind of car is Matilda's father glad to buy?
(a) One with the gears worn out.
(b) With with flat tires.
(c) One with no engine.
(d) One with no sparkplug.

9. What author did Matilda travel to India with?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) George Elliott.
(c) Joseph Conrad.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

10. 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 chalkboard.
(c) A monter in the dark.
(d) Mud in a rainstorm.

11. What standard does Miss Honey think Matilda could get to in a few years time with the right coaching?
(a) High school standard.
(b) University standard.
(c) A-level standard.
(d) Business school standard.

12. What are the names of the stories that Matilda tells Hortensia she has read?
(a) William Tell stories.
(b) Grimm Brother's stories.
(c) Just so stories.
(d) Even so stories.

13. Why does Hortensia say parents don't complain about Trunchbull?
(a) They are too scared.
(b) The hired her in the first place.
(c) They agree with her.
(d) They don't know the truth.

14. What does Matilda use to get her father's hat off of the hat stand?
(a) A barge pole.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) A wooden spoon.
(d) An oar.

15. What animal does the author compare Matilda's father to?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A dog.
(c) A lion.
(d) A rat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Wormwood use to turn back the numbers of the speedometer?

2. What color tie does Mr. Wormwood wear in this chapter?

3. What does Matilda's father have stuck to his head after he takes off his hat?

4. What book does the librarian suggest Matilda reads as her first adult book?

5. What does Matilda begin to lose herself in everyday?

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