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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-29: "The Ravens Swoop Over" - "The Twits Get the Shrinks".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What simile does Dahl use to characterize the way in which kind thoughts "shine out of [one's] face" (9)?
(a) Like sunbeams.
(b) Like prisms.
(c) Like headlights.
(d) Like rainbows.

3. How long does Mr. Twit wait between his first failed attempt at catching birds with Hugtight and his next attempt?
(a) He tries again the following day.
(b) He tries again about two weeks later.
(c) He tries again the same day.
(d) He tries again the following week.

4. Muggle-Wump and his family long "to go back to" (41) what location from whence they had come?
(a) The African savanna.
(b) The Peruvian jungle.
(c) The Venezuelan jungle.
(d) The African jungle.

5. How does Mr. Twit fill the balloons he has prepared for Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) He forces the monkeys to blow them up.
(b) He uses a bicycle bump to blow them up.
(c) He uses a gas cylinder to blow them up.
(d) He blows them up himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impetus does the narrator suggest causes a person to display an ugly appearance?

2. What object does Mr. Twit have in his hands when he goes out to see if he has caught any birds on the tree or on the cage?

3. How do Mr. and Mrs. Twit gain entry to their home after their trip into town?

4. How does the narrator describe the weather on the day of Mrs. Twit's flight?

5. The narrator states that Mr. Twit feels that his beard makes him look as if he exhibits which two characteristics?

(see the answer key)

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