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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Matilda's think is in the house when they can't find anyone?

3. What is the name of Mrs. Trunchbull's lock in cupboard?

4. What does Matilda tell her father that the bits of leather stuck to his forehead look like?

5. What does the author say Mr. Wormwood looks like in his loud suit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. How does Mr. Wormwood upset Matilda in this chapter?

5. How does Matilda learn to read?

6. How does Mr. Wormwood cheat his customers?

7. How does Matilda get back at her father first time she plays a trick on him?

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

9. Describe Mr. Wormwood.

10. How does Mr. Wormwood react to Matilda's trick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the difference between how Dahl represents the children to the way he represents the adults? What does the representation say about the way children view the world?

Essay Topic 2

Apart from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

What does Miss Trunchball"s personality as an adult suggest about her own childhood? How do you think such a character would have been treated in adult's fiction?

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