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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 implement does Mr. Twit have in his hand when he is described as "poking around in" (15) his spaghetti?
(a) A fork.
(b) A spoon.
(c) A pair of tweezers.
(d) A knife.

2. How many birds come "flying in from miles around" (28) to stare at Mrs. Twit descending from the sky?
(a) Scores.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Flocks.
(d) Hundreds.

3. How does Mr. Twit fill the balloons he has prepared for Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) He blows them up himself.
(b) He uses a bicycle bump to blow them up.
(c) He forces the monkeys to blow them up.
(d) He uses a gas cylinder to blow them up.

4. What object does Mr. Twit affix into the ground as part of Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) An iron ring.
(b) A wooden fence post.
(c) A wooden stake.
(d) A rubber peg.

5. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the pieces of green cheese residing within Mr. Twit's beard?
(a) Awful.
(b) Maggoty.
(c) Petrified.
(d) Putrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet name does Mr. Twit call Mrs. Twit just before he cuts the strings around her ankles?

2. After how many balloons are attached to Mrs. Twit does she become completely incapacitated?

3. Which article of Mrs. Twit's clothing is depicted as billowing "out like a parachute" (28) upon her descent?

4. What is NOT listed among the bald parts of Mr. Twit's body?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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