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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the only book in Matilda's house?
(a) Adult's World.
(b) Car World.
(c) The Criminal Underworld.
(d) Easy Cooking.

2. What is the natural color of Mrs. Wormwood's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Ginger.

3. What is Miss Honey's first name?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Petra.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Jane.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Mr. Wormwood read from cover to cover every week?

2. What did Hortensia put in Miss Trunchbull's gym knickers?

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

4. What color does Mrs. Wormwood dye her hair?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Matilda's parents different to most parents?

2. How does Matilda avenge her father in this section?

3. What reasons are there for Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood's dislike of his daughter?

4. What does this chapter tell us about Trunchbull's past?

5. What does Dahl say parents usually think of their children?

6. How does Mr. Wormwood cheat his customers?

7. Describe Mrs. Wormwood.

8. How does Matilda learn to read?

9. How does Bruce Bogtrotter get one up on Trunchbull in this section?

10. How does Miss Honey make sure she doesn't single Matilda out?

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