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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Cannon.
(b) Firecracker.
(c) Catapult.
(d) Rocket.

2. From what location does Mrs. Twit acquire the worms she needs for the prank she wants to pull on Mr. Twit?
(a) From the garden.
(b) From the hardware store.
(c) From the gas station.
(d) From the garbage dump.

3. How often does Mr. Twit wash his beard?
(a) Once a year on his birthday.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once a decade.
(d) Never.

4. What verb does Mr. Twit use to describe the only existing "cure for The Shrinks" (23)?
(a) Squeeze.
(b) Shove.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Stretch.

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

6. At what time does Mrs. Twit make lunch on the day she serves worms to Mr. Twit?
(a) 2 o'clock.
(b) 1 o'clock.
(c) Noon.
(d) 11 o'clock.

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

8. What is NOT an object the narrator lists among the objects Mrs. Twit likes to strike using the object she carries in her right hand?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Small children.
(d) Cats.

9. What impetus does the narrator suggest causes a person to display an ugly appearance?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Greed.
(d) Ugly thoughts.

10. In what location does Mr. Twit decide to place a frog in order to play a trick on Mrs. Twit?
(a) In her breakfast.
(b) In her laundry basket.
(c) In her bed.
(d) In the pocket of her robe.

11. What object does Mr. Twit affix into the ground as part of Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) A wooden stake.
(b) A rubber peg.
(c) An iron ring.
(d) A wooden fence post.

12. The narrator states that when bearded men wash their beards, the job must be as complex as what other task enacted by people without beards?
(a) Shampooing their hair.
(b) Setting mousetraps.
(c) Washing their cars.
(d) Cutting their toenails.

13. How old is Mr. Twit?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 70.
(d) 40.

14. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the pieces of green cheese residing within Mr. Twit's beard?
(a) Awful.
(b) Petrified.
(c) Maggoty.
(d) Putrid.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that she probably has about how long to live due to contracting The Shrinks?

4. How many birds come "flying in from miles around" (28) to stare at Mrs. Twit descending from the sky?

5. To what other object had Mr. Twit secretly been applying small wooden discs?

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