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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Miss Honey's front door covered with?
(a) Photographs of children.
(b) Flaky green paint.
(c) Spider webs.
(d) Miss Honey's favorite poems.

2. Why does Miss Honey think Matilda can no longer move objects with her eyes?
(a) She drained all her powers.
(b) She is now happier.
(c) She has achieved what she could.
(d) Her brain is now being challenged.

3. What is the name of the book Miss Trunchbull references?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) Nicolas Nickleby.
(c) David Copperfield.
(d) Hard Times.

4. What does the author the narrow lane is no wider than?
(a) An alleyway.
(b) A highway lance.
(c) A rutted cart track.
(d) Parking space.

5. What member of Miss Honey's family died when she was only five?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

6. Why does Trunchbull tell Matilda she doesn't like her?
(a) Her mother is nasty.
(b) Her father is a crook.
(c) She is a worm.
(d) Her brother is stupid.

7. Where does Miss Honey say the children can go until it is time for their next lesson?
(a) The sweet shop.
(b) The TV room.
(c) The playground.
(d) Home.

8. Who was Miss Honey's cottage built for?
(a) A headmistress.
(b) A nun.
(c) A clergyman.
(d) A farm laborer.

9. What does Matilda will the glass on Miss Trunchball's table to do?
(a) Rise to the ceiling.
(b) Smash on top of Miss Trunchbull's head.
(c) Crack.
(d) Topple over.

10. What two things does Magnus ask Trunchball to give back to Miss Honey?
(a) Hre life and confidence.
(b) Her job and dignity.
(c) Her house and wages.
(d) Her clothes and furniture.

11. What is the name of the poet Miss Honey references in this section?
(a) Dylan Thomas.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) D. H Lawrence.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

12. What serves as chairs in Miss Honey"s sitting room?
(a) Logs.
(b) Wooden boxes.
(c) Old TV sets.
(d) Stools.

13. What does Matilda think is the first indicator that Miss Honey is poor?
(a) She sleeps on the floor.
(b) She boils water in a saucepan.
(c) She spreads margarine on her bread.
(d) She eats supermarket brand bread.

14. What did Miss Honey do every time her aunt entered the room?
(a) Shook.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Fainted.
(d) Cried.

15. What must always be on the table when the headmistress teaches the class?
(a) A plate of biscuits.
(b) A jug of water and a glass.
(c) A plate of cake.
(d) A bottle of coke and a glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drags Trunchbull out of the classroom?

2. What is the first word the chalk writes on the board?

3. What does the author compare the size of Miss Honey's kitchen to?

4. What is the name of Matilda's best friend at school?

5. Who does Miss Honey rent her house from?

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