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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-20: "Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock" - "Still No Bird Pie for Mr. Twit" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Twit comes outside to collect his bounty the morning after Roly-Poly warns the birds, Mr. Twit finds a great number of birds sitting in what location?
(a) The limbs of the Big Dead Tree.
(b) All over The Crispy Old Hammock.
(c) On top of the monkey cage.
(d) On top of his mailbox.

2. The narrator states that Mr. Twit feels that his beard makes him look as if he exhibits which two characteristics?
(a) He is grizzled and experienced.
(b) He is mean and nasty.
(c) He is wise and grand.
(d) He is mysterious and dashing.

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

4. When Mr. Twit sees Mrs. Twit descending from the sky, he jumps "as though" (30) what event has taken place?
(a) His hair has been set on fire.
(b) He has seen a ghost.
(c) He has been stung by a giant wasp.
(d) A bucket of water has been thrown in his face.

5. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the texture of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?
(a) He says it is too smelly.
(b) He says it is too grainy.
(c) He says it is too mobile.
(d) He says it is too squishy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Mrs. Twit carries what object in her right hand?

3. How many birds come "flying in from miles around" (28) to stare at Mrs. Twit descending from the sky?

4. What object does Mrs. Twit use to systematically sever the strings attached to the balloons?

5. What verb does Mr. Twit use to describe the only existing "cure for The Shrinks" (23)?

(see the answer key)

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