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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25: "Mr. & Mrs. Twit Go Off to Buy Guns" - "The Furniture Goes Up".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Muggle-Wump calls the Twits filthy, he refers to them as what type of "freaks" (64) when he again warns the others to hurry?
(a) Outgrabe.
(b) Frumptious.
(c) Borogrovey.
(d) Mimsy.

2. 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) Lie down.
(c) Take a deep breath.
(d) Stand up.

3. 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) Jealousy.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Greed.

4. Mr. and Mrs. Twit's house is described as looking "like a" (32) what?
(a) Prison.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Warehouse.
(d) Condemned building.

5. What pet name does Mr. Twit call Mrs. Twit just before he cuts the strings around her ankles?
(a) Angel.
(b) Honeybunch.
(c) Lovey.
(d) Sweetums.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bearded men are featured in the very first illustration included within The Twits, before Chapter 1 begins?

2. In what location does Mr. Twit perform the preparations for his prank involving Mrs. Twit's walking stick?

3. What simile does Dahl use to characterize the way in which kind thoughts "shine out of [one's] face" (9)?

4. 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?

5. Which article of Mrs. Twit's clothing is depicted as billowing "out like a parachute" (28) upon her descent?

(see the answer key)

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