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

2. Complete the following sentence - "even when your own child is a disgusting little..."
(a) Eyeball.
(b) Spot.
(c) Scab.
(d) Blister.

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

4. What does the author say Matilda's parents think of her as?
(a) A blister.
(b) A ruin.
(c) A scab.
(d) A donkey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Matilda's father say will be joining him in his business?

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

3. What is the name of Matilda's brother?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mrs. Wormwood's views on little girls?

2. How does Matilda's father anger her in this section?

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

4. Describe Mr. Wormwood.

5. How does Mr. Wormwood cheat his customers?

6. How do Matilda"s parents treat her brother differently to how they treat her?

7. How does Miss Honey feel when she leaves Matilda's parents?

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

9. How does Matilda get back at her whole family in this section?

10. What does Miss Trunchbull state about her own childhood?

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