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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-6: "Hairy Faces" - "The Frog" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The narrator states that even if a bearded man takes a particular action, he will still get food in his beard. What is the named action?
(a) Opening his mouth very wide.
(b) Affixing a bib.
(c) Eating very slowly.
(d) Using a napkin.

3. 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?
(a) Setting mousetraps.
(b) Washing their cars.
(c) Cutting their toenails.
(d) Shampooing their hair.

4. What is NOT listed among the bald parts of Mr. Twit's body?
(a) His forehead.
(b) His nostrils.
(c) His nose.
(d) His eyes.

5. What food item is NOT featured within the diagram of Mr. Twit's mouth?
(a) Stilton cheese.
(b) Maple syrup.
(c) Tinned sardines.
(d) Cornflakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Twit initially react when she feels the frog's presence?

2. In order to play a trick on Mr. Twit, Mrs. Twit puts her glass eye into what location?

3. How old is Mr. Twit?

4. Mr. Twit's beard hair is described by the narrator as sticking "out straight like the bristles of a" (4) what?

5. When stating that "things cling to hairs" (5) in beards, the narrator states that what types of objects in particular stick to beard hairs?

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