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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 does the narrator describe the number of food particles dwelling inside of Mr. Twit's beard?
(a) Scores.
(b) Scads.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

2. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that she probably has about how long to live due to contracting The Shrinks?
(a) 3 or 4 days.
(b) 8 or 9 days.
(c) 10 or 11 days.
(d) 2 or 3 days.

3. What adjective is used to describe Roly-Poly when he first flies "down out of the sky" (42)?
(a) Loud.
(b) Enormous.
(c) Scruffy.
(d) Magnificent.

4. What food item is NOT featured within the diagram of Mr. Twit's mouth?
(a) Maple syrup.
(b) Stilton cheese.
(c) Tinned sardines.
(d) Cornflakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator suggest for certain men's decisions to wear beards?

2. For how many hours each day does Mr. Twit now train his monkeys?

3. How long does Mr. Twit wait between his first failed attempt at catching birds with Hugtight and his next attempt?

4. 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?

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

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