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. When Mr. Twit announces to Mrs. Twit that she has contracted a dreaded disease called The Shrinks, she has to take what action due to feeling "trembly" (20)?
(a) Stand up.
(b) Lie down.
(c) Take a deep breath.
(d) Sit down.

2. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the appearance of Mrs. Twit's face during her youth?
(a) Nice.
(b) Plain.
(c) Fine.
(d) Hideous.

3. After Mrs. Twit has soared off into the sky, Mr. Twit thinks to himself that "At last the old" what "is lost and gone forever" (26)?
(a) Ball and chain.
(b) Crone.
(c) Hag.
(d) Lady.

4. What simile does Dahl use to characterize the way in which kind thoughts "shine out of [one's] face" (9)?
(a) Like rainbows.
(b) Like prisms.
(c) Like sunbeams.
(d) Like headlights.

5. How many balloons does Mr. Twit prepare for Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 82.
(c) 100.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the chapter focusing on the state of Mr. Twit's beard, the narrator states, "What I'm trying to tell you is that Mr. Twit" (7) is what kind of an old man?

2. Mr. Twit owns monkeys because he has a dream that one day he will own "the first" what "in the world" (39)?

3. Muggle-Wump is what type of animal?

4. With what object does Mrs. Twit attack Mr. Twit when she descends upon him?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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