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

2. What impetus does the narrator suggest causes a person to display an ugly appearance?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Greed.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Ugly thoughts.

3. What reason does Mrs. Twit give to others when they ask why she needs to carry the object she always carries in her right hand?
(a) She says that she needs it in order to finish a birdhouse.
(b) She says that she needs it in order to cut flowers in her garden.
(c) She says that she needs it in order to alleviate the pain caused by warts.
(d) She says that she needs it in order to drive her carriage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many balloons does Mr. Twit prepare for Mrs. Twit's cure?

2. In what location does Mr. Twit decide to place a frog in order to play a trick on Mrs. Twit?

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. What day of the week does the narrator name as the day when Mr. Twit certainly never deigns to wash his beard?

5. What adjective is used to describe the grin Mr. Twit wears as he cuts the strings around Mrs. Twit's ankles?

(see the answer key)

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