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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-20: "Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock" - "Still No Bird Pie for Mr. Twit" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an object the narrator lists among the objects Mrs. Twit likes to strike using the object she carries in her right hand?
(a) Small children.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

2. To what other object had Mr. Twit secretly been applying small wooden discs?
(a) The legs of the dining room table.
(b) The legs of his own chair.
(c) The legs of Mrs. Twit's chair.
(d) The legs of the monkey cage.

3. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the texture of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?
(a) He says it is too grainy.
(b) He says it is too smelly.
(c) He says it is too squishy.
(d) He says it is too mobile.

4. Muggle-Wump is what type of animal?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A badger.
(c) A bird.
(d) A worm.

5. How often does Mr. Twit wash his beard?
(a) Never.
(b) Once a year on his birthday.
(c) Once a decade.
(d) Once a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does the narrator draw about the fact that Mrs. Twit does not have a beard?

2. When Mr. Twit comes outside to collect his bounty the morning after Roly-Poly warns the birds, Mr. Twit finds a great number of birds sitting in what location?

3. The narrator reveals that before they had retired, the Twits had both worked for what type of organization?

4. What simile does Dahl use to characterize the way in which kind thoughts "shine out of [one's] face" (9)?

5. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that the ultimate result of The Shrinks is that there is nothing left of the afflicted person, "except" (22) what objects?

(see the answer key)

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