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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12: "Wormy Spaghetti" - "Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Down".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The wooden discs that Mr. Twit uses to lengthen Mrs. Twit's walking stick are described as being "no thicker than" (18) what object?
(a) A penny.
(b) A nickel.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A dime.

2. What object does Dahl use within his simile indicating the speed with which Mrs. Twit flies into the air once Mr. Twit has cut the strings?
(a) Rocket.
(b) Catapult.
(c) Cannon.
(d) Firecracker.

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

4. In order to play a trick on Mr. Twit, Mrs. Twit puts her glass eye into what location?
(a) Into Mr. Twit's bowl of ice cream.
(b) Into Mr. Twit's bed.
(c) Into Mr. Twit's spaghetti dinner.
(d) Into Mr. Twit's glass of beer.

5. Mrs. Twit stays still in the air after she has severed how many balloon strings?
(a) 20.
(b) 80.
(c) 60.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Mrs. Twit use to systematically sever the strings attached to the balloons?

2. The narrator states that when bearded men wash their beards, the job must be as complex as what other task enacted by people without beards?

3. In what location does Mr. Twit decide to place a frog in order to play a trick on Mrs. Twit?

4. What animal does Mrs. Twit name when she tells Mr. Twit she is watching his actions carefully?

5. What object does Mr. Twit affix into the ground as part of Mrs. Twit's cure?

(see the answer key)

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