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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 does the author say Matilda's parents think of her as?

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

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

4. What is the title of chapter one?

5. What writer does Matilda tell her father was bald?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way is Matilda head and shoulders above the rest of the class?

3. What reasons are there for Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood's dislike of his daughter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What character in the book could you identify with most and why? Why is it important for a children's book for a reader to be able to identify with at least one character?

Essay Topic 2

In what way are Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood bad parents? What makes a good parent?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following adult characters and write about what their life was like as a child. How did their upbringing contribute to who they were as an adult.

1. Mr. Wormwood.

2. Mrs. Wormwood.

3. Miss Trunchball.

4. Miss Honey.

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