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

2. What is the title of chapter one?
(a) The reader of books.
(b) The thrower of balls.
(c) The lover of rivers.
(d) The writer of poems.

3. What is the difference between how most parents talk about their children and how Matilda's parents talk about Matilda?
(a) They say she is stupid.
(b) They say she is beautiful every day.
(c) They say she is genuis.
(d) They say she can't watch TV.

4. What are the names of the stories that Matilda tells Hortensia she has read?
(a) Even so stories.
(b) William Tell stories.
(c) Grimm Brother's stories.
(d) Just so stories.

5. What does Matilda's father have stuck to his head after he takes off his hat?
(a) Hat liner.
(b) Dead skin.
(c) Blood.
(d) Brown leather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the author say is now Mr. Wormwood's hair?

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

3. How does Matilda's father get the hat off of his head?

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

5. What does Matilda's father put in the gear boxes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Trunchbull react when she sees a little girl with pigtails?

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

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

4. Describe the chokey.

5. How does Mr. Wormwood cheat his customers?

6. Why is Mr. Wormwood so proud of his hair?

7. Describe Mrs. Wormwood.

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

9. Describe Mr. Wormwood.

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

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