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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. How does Mr. Twit revive Mrs. Twit when she faints due to fear?
(a) He screams into her ear.
(b) He puts smelling salts under her nose.
(c) He pours cold water over her head.
(d) He pinches the skin on her wrist.

2. Mr. Twit insists that he will not wait what length of time to eat his Bird Pie supper?
(a) Another year.
(b) Another minute.
(c) Another week.
(d) Another month.

3. While the frog sleeps on Mrs. Twit's pillow, she spends the night in what location?
(a) At her sister's house.
(b) On the sofa.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) In the closet.

4. After Mrs. Twit has soared off into the sky, Mr. Twit thinks to himself that "At last the old" what "is lost and gone forever" (26)?
(a) Crone.
(b) Ball and chain.
(c) Hag.
(d) Lady.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Dahl use within his simile indicating the speed with which Mrs. Twit flies into the air once Mr. Twit has cut the strings?

2. What is NOT an action named by the narrator among the actions taken by the Twits in their former jobs?

3. What is Mr. Twit's verbal response to Mrs. Twit's aerial approach?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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