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

2. Mrs. Twit gives Mr. Twit another nasty idea when she tells him that if the strings around her ankles break, "it will be" (26) for her?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Goodbye.
(c) Sayonara.
(d) Curtains.

3. What pet name does Mr. Twit call Mrs. Twit just before he cuts the strings around her ankles?
(a) Honeybunch.
(b) Angel.
(c) Sweetums.
(d) Lovey.

4. In the illustration of Mrs. Twit as she drools with fear at the prospect of having The Shrinks, what object is she holding in one hand?
(a) A pillow.
(b) Her walking stick.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A frog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Twit react when he finds Mrs. Twit's glass eye in the place where she had hidden it?

2. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the pieces of green cheese residing within Mr. Twit's beard?

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

5. At what time does Mrs. Twit make lunch on the day she serves worms to Mr. Twit?

(see the answer key)

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