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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 pinches the skin on her wrist.
(b) He pours cold water over her head.
(c) He puts smelling salts under her nose.
(d) He screams into her ear.

2. Which article of Mrs. Twit's clothing is depicted as billowing "out like a parachute" (28) upon her descent?
(a) Her bustle.
(b) Her underwear.
(c) Her petticoat.
(d) Her bloomers.

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

4. What word does Dahl add to the title of Chapter 19, No Bird Pie for Mr. Twit, in order to form the title of Chapter 20?
(a) Never.
(b) Please.
(c) Still.
(d) Always.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what other object had Mr. Twit secretly been applying small wooden discs?

2. When Mr. Twit points out that Mrs. Twit's feet are dangling in the air, what is her reaction?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 13, entitled Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock, Mr. Twit is celebrating Mrs. Twit's absence with what beverage in hand?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 13, entitled Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock, Mr. Twit is celebrating Mrs. Twit's absence in what location?

5. How does Mr. Twit react when he finds Mrs. Twit's glass eye in the place where she had hidden it?

(see the answer key)

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