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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. 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?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Greed.

2. Which character in The Twits has a beard?
(a) No one.
(b) Mrs. Twit.
(c) Mr. Twit.
(d) The magpie.

3. 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?
(a) Firecracker.
(b) Cannon.
(c) Catapult.
(d) Rocket.

4. To what object does Mr. Twit apply Hugtight glue in order to capture birds for Bird Pie?
(a) The Soggy Old Couch.
(b) The Crispy Old Hammock.
(c) The Big Dead Tree.
(d) The Venus Flytrap.

5. What implement does Mr. Twit use to apply Hugtight in hopes of capturing birds?
(a) A sponge.
(b) A hose.
(c) A piece of cloth.
(d) A paintbrush.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT listed among the bald parts of Mr. Twit's body?

3. What type of receptacle does Mr. Twit regularly use in order to collect the birds he captures with Hugtight?

4. On what day of the week does Roly-Poly first sing a song to warn the birds about the Hugtight trap?

5. Muggle-Wump and his family long "to go back to" (41) what location from whence they had come?

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