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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. When Mr. Twit declares that his spaghetti is moving, Mrs. Twit tells him that the spaghetti is a new what?
(a) Brand.
(b) Fad.
(c) Invention.
(d) Kind.

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

3. How does Mr. Twit react when he finds Mrs. Twit's glass eye in the place where she had hidden it?
(a) He punches a hole in the wall.
(b) He faints.
(c) He screams.
(d) He jumps.

4. Which character in The Twits has a beard?
(a) The magpie.
(b) No one.
(c) Mr. Twit.
(d) Mrs. Twit.

5. 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) Firecracker.
(b) Rocket.
(c) Cannon.
(d) Catapult.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Twit awakens after fainting, what object is on her face?

2. While still attached to the ground, Mrs. Twit exclaims that there is enough pull present to take her to what location?

3. 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?

4. 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)?

5. What impetus does the narrator suggest causes a person to display an ugly appearance?

(see the answer key)

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