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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. After how many balloons are attached to Mrs. Twit does she become completely incapacitated?
(a) 40.
(b) 60.
(c) 12.
(d) 300.

2. What day of the week does the narrator name as the day when Mr. Twit certainly never deigns to wash his beard?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

3. When Mrs. Twit awakens after fainting, what object is on her face?
(a) A clothespin.
(b) A fish.
(c) A frog.
(d) A monkey.

4. 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?
(a) A pair of shoes and a bundle of clothes.
(b) A pair of underwear and a cape.
(c) A set of false teeth and a glass eye.
(d) A hat and a coat.

5. 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 glass of beer.
(c) Into Mr. Twit's spaghetti dinner.
(d) Into Mr. Twit's bed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mrs. Twit stays still in the air after she has severed how many balloon strings?

3. The narrator tells the readers that the next time they see a bearded man will likely be when what other event takes place?

4. Mr. Twit's memories of what objects are said to keep him from feeling sorry for Mrs. Twit when she believes that she is shrinking?

5. The narrator states at the beginning of Chapter 12 that though Mrs. Twit may be "ugly" and "beastly" (27), she does not exhibit what characteristic?

(see the answer key)

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