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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which article of Mrs. Twit's clothing is depicted as billowing "out like a parachute" (28) upon her descent?
(a) Her underwear.
(b) Her bloomers.
(c) Her bustle.
(d) Her petticoat.

2. After how many balloons are attached to Mrs. Twit does she become completely incapacitated?
(a) 40.
(b) 300.
(c) 60.
(d) 12.

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

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

5. Mr. Twit's beard hair is described by the narrator as sticking "out straight like the bristles of a" (4) what?
(a) Porcupine.
(b) Toothbrush.
(c) Scrub brush.
(d) Nailbrush.

6. 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) Rocket.
(d) Catapult.

7. When Mr. Twit points out that Mrs. Twit's feet are dangling in the air, what is her reaction?
(a) She denies it vehemently.
(b) She laughs uproariously.
(c) She shrieks loudly.
(d) She turns white with fear.

8. Mrs. Twit tells Mr. Twit that whenever he goes quiet, she knows that he is taking what action?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Reading.
(c) Feeling sorry for himself.
(d) Plotting.

9. Mrs. Twit stays still in the air after she has severed how many balloon strings?
(a) 80.
(b) 20.
(c) 200.
(d) 60.

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

11. What is NOT an action Mrs. Twit takes after she announces to Mr. Twit that he has been eating worms?
(a) Pointing at Mr. Twit's angry face.
(b) Clapping her hands.
(c) Stamping her feet.
(d) Rocking with laughter.

12. In the illustration of Mrs. Twit as she drools with fear at the prospect of having The Shrinks, what object is she holding in one hand?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A frog.
(d) Her walking stick.

13. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the texture of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?
(a) He says it is too smelly.
(b) He says it is too grainy.
(c) He says it is too squishy.
(d) He says it is too mobile.

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

15. What two adjectives are used to describe the worms Mrs. Twit chooses for her prank?
(a) Fat and pale.
(b) Big and long.
(c) Squirmy and irmy.
(d) Squishy and swishy.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the frog sleeps on Mrs. Twit's pillow, she spends the night in what location?

2. How does Mr. Twit react when he finds Mrs. Twit's glass eye in the place where she had hidden it?

3. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that she "must have shrunk at least" (20) how much in the previous few days?

4. How many men does the narrator say have beards?

5. When Mrs. Twit awakens after fainting, what object is on her face?

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