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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the flavor of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?
(a) Bland.
(b) Acidic.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Bitter.

3. While the frog sleeps on Mrs. Twit's pillow, she spends the night in what location?
(a) In the closet.
(b) On the sofa.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) At her sister's house.

4. While still attached to the ground, Mrs. Twit exclaims that there is enough pull present to take her to what location?
(a) Cucamonga.
(b) China.
(c) The moon.
(d) Nantucket.

5. How does Mr. Twit react when he finds Mrs. Twit's glass eye in the place where she had hidden it?
(a) He punches a hole in the wall.
(b) He jumps.
(c) He screams.
(d) He faints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet name does Mr. Twit call Mrs. Twit just before he cuts the strings around her ankles?

2. Mrs. Twit stays still in the air after she has severed how many balloon strings?

3. What conclusion does the narrator draw about the fact that Mrs. Twit does not have a beard?

4. What is NOT an action Mrs. Twit takes after she announces to Mr. Twit that he has been eating worms?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Twit use her glass eye to amuse herself?

2. How does the trick featured within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick, take the pranks in the novel to another level of cruelty?

3. What evidence does the narrator provide for the conclusion that Mr. and Mrs. Twit know one another very well?

4. How does the theme of secrecy emerge within Roald Dahl's discussion of bearded men within Chapter 1, entitled Hairy Faces?

5. For what reason does the author provide a second illustration beneath the diagram showing the degradation of Mrs. Twit's looks over time?

6. Who plays the trick depicted in Chapter 7 entitled The Wormy Spaghetti and what is the trick?

7. How is the theme of deception depicted within Mrs. Twit's statements about her walking stick?

8. What is really in Mrs. Twit's bed when Mr. Twit tells her there must be a "Giant Skillywiggler" (12) in her bed?

9. What method does Mrs. Twit use to engineer her descent?

10. What extra part of Mr. Twit's walking stick prank plan is revealed within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?

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