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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 does Matilda's father do with the sawdust?
(a) He give away a free bag with every sale.
(b) He puts it into the car's petrol tank.
(c) He uses it to wax the cars.
(d) He chews on it.

2. What does Mrs. Wormwood tell Matilda she will learn when she is older?
(a) Men are not as clever as they think.
(b) Life in meaningless without a man.
(c) People are cruel.
(d) Family comes first.

3. What does Mr. Wormwood use to turn back the numbers of the speedometer?
(a) A conveyor belt.
(b) A crank.
(c) A screwdriver.
(d) A drill.

4. What does the author say Mr. Wormwood looks like in his loud suit?
(a) A member of the paparazzi.
(b) An Italian operatic singer on hoilday.
(c) A high-class pimp.
(d) A low-grade bookmaker.

5. What writer does Matilda tell her father was bald?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Christopher Marlowe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Wormwood watching on TV?

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

3. Complete the following of Mr. Wormwood's many insults "you ignorant little..."

4. What was Mr. Wormwood's face as dark as when he arrives back from work in the Ghost chapter?

5. What was the name of the school's headmistress?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Miss Trunchbull say she has such respect for Matilda's father?

3. How does Matilda react to the librarian claims that Matilda is not an ordinary child?

4. How does Miss Honey react to Matilda's brilliance in this section?

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

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

7. How does Matilda react to her parent's insults in this section?

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

9. How does Matilda learn to read?

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

(see the answer keys)

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