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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 verb does Mr. Twit use to describe the only existing "cure for The Shrinks" (23)?
(a) Stretch.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Shove.
(d) Squeeze.

2. How many balloons does Mr. Twit prepare for Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 36.
(c) 100.
(d) 82.

3. 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)?
(a) Sit down.
(b) Take a deep breath.
(c) Lie down.
(d) Stand up.

4. 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) Shampooing their hair.
(b) Cutting their toenails.
(c) Setting mousetraps.
(d) Washing their cars.

5. How many men does the narrator say have beards?
(a) Very few.
(b) A plethora.
(c) A lot.
(d) Scads.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the flavor of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?

2. The narrator states that Mr. Twit feels that his beard makes him look as if he exhibits which two characteristics?

3. What object does Mr. Twit affix into the ground as part of Mrs. Twit's cure?

4. The narrator states at the beginning of Chapter 12 that though Mrs. Twit may be "ugly" and "beastly" (27), she does not exhibit what characteristic?

5. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the texture of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?

(see the answer key)

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