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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Matilda's new school?
(a) Letterman Primary.
(b) Crunchem Primary.
(c) Teahouse Primary.
(d) St. George Primary.

2. What is the name of the village's librarian?
(a) Mrs. Thomas.
(b) Mr. Jackson.
(c) Miss Honey.
(d) Mrs. Phelps.

3. What color does Mrs. Wormwood dye her hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blonde.
(d) White.

4. How does Hortensia get in trouble with Miss Trunchball the first time?
(a) She swore at the Trunchball.
(b) She poured golden syrup over Trunchbull's chair.
(c) She refused to do any work in class.
(d) She pulled Truchbull's hair.

5. Where is Matilda's mother while Matilda is at the library?
(a) At the supermarket.
(b) At her boyfriend's.
(c) At bingo.
(d) At home.

6. What is the first thing Miss Honey hands out to the children?
(a) Name badges.
(b) Glasses of milk.
(c) Exercise books.
(d) Pens.

7. What does Mr. Workwood say it means if you have good strong hair?
(a) You are in strong health.
(b) You have a happy life.
(c) You have lots of money.
(d) You have a good strong brain.

8. What does Matilda's father do when Matilda tells him he would enjoy her book?
(a) He rips out the pages.
(b) He throws her out of the house.
(c) He throws the book through a window.
(d) He orders her to her room.

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

10. Why does Hortensia say that Miss Trunchbull likes to throw children?
(a) To break her throwing record.
(b) To break their bones.
(c) To teach them a lesson.
(d) To keep her arm in at the hammer throw.

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

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

13. Who does Matilda's father say will be joining him in his business?
(a) Mrs. Wormwood.
(b) Miss Trunchball.
(c) Matilda.
(d) Michael.

14. Who does Trunchbull call a real pillar of our society?
(a) Miss Honey.
(b) Matilda.
(c) Mr. Wormwood.
(d) Margeret Thatcher.

15. What do Matilda's think is in the house when they can't find anyone?
(a) A ghost.
(b) An angel.
(c) A murderer.
(d) A ghoul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Matilda's father think it doesn't matter if you can do math or not?

2. What is the fourth line of Miss Honey's poem?

3. What are the names of the stories that Matilda tells Hortensia she has read?

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

5. What kind of girls does Mrs. Wormwood say she is not in favor of?

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