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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. How many birds come "flying in from miles around" (28) to stare at Mrs. Twit descending from the sky?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Scores.
(d) Flocks.

2. What day of the week does the narrator name as the day when Mr. Twit certainly never deigns to wash his beard?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

3. When Mr. Twit declares that his spaghetti is moving, Mrs. Twit tells him that the spaghetti is a new what?
(a) Invention.
(b) Brand.
(c) Kind.
(d) Fad.

4. Chapter 21 has a title referring to the Twits' decision to "go off and" (46) do what with guns?
(a) Shoot them.
(b) Find them.
(c) Buy them.
(d) Sell them.

5. In what location does Mr. Twit always keep the key to the monkeys' cage?
(a) On a nail in the attic.
(b) On a nail in the work shed.
(c) On a nail in the basement.
(d) On a nail on the Twits' headboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe Roly-Poly when he first flies "down out of the sky" (42)?

2. Mrs. Twit grows "plenty of spiky thistles and stinging-nettles" (32) in order to keep out what "nasty nosy" (32) creatures?

3. When Muggle-Wump apologizes to Roly-Poly for bringing up the upsetting subject of Bird Pie, what reason does he give for his faux pas?

4. What is the first piece of furniture glued onto the ceiling during the enactment of Muggle-Wump's plan to destroy the Twits?

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

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