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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. Who wrote the Red Pony?
(a) Andrew Miller.
(b) Henry Miller.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Paul Auster.

2. What two authors does Matilda say her parents should read to learn more about life?
(a) Elliott and Seymour.
(b) Conrad and Selby Jr.
(c) Smith and Jones.
(d) Dickens and Kipling.

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

4. What does Miss Honey interrupt when she goes to see Matilda's parents?
(a) A game of twister.
(b) An argument.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A television show.

5. What book does the librarian suggest Matilda reads as her first adult book?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) Sense and Sensibility.
(c) Underworld.
(d) Moll Flanders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Matilda's father get his sawdust from?

2. What is the title of the only book in Matilda's house?

3. What author did Matilda travel to India with?

4. What is Matilda's surname?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do teacher get their revenge on parents?

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

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

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

8. Describe Mr. Wormwood.

9. How does Matilda learn to read?

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

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