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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. What reason does the narrator suggest for certain men's decisions to wear beards?
(a) They want to hide their appearance.
(b) They want to keep their faces warm.
(c) They like to have a method for saving food.
(d) They think they look masculine.

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 garbage dump.
(b) From the hardware store.
(c) From the garden.
(d) From the gas station.

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

5. Which character in The Twits has a beard?
(a) No one.
(b) The magpie.
(c) Mr. Twit.
(d) Mrs. Twit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Mr. Twit affix into the ground as part of Mrs. Twit's cure?

2. How many balloons does Mr. Twit prepare for Mrs. Twit's cure?

3. What action is described as being impossible for a bearded man to take?

4. Mrs. Twit gives Mr. Twit another nasty idea when she tells him that if the strings around her ankles break, "it will be" (26) for her?

5. In what location does Mr. Twit decide to place a frog in order to play a trick on Mrs. Twit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the trickster react to seeing the tricked person unknowingly eat worms?

2. How does Dahl encourage curiosity in his young reader within Chapter 1, entitled Hairy Faces?

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

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

5. For what purpose does the author include a diagram of Mr. Twit's mouth within Chapter 3, entitled Dirty Beards?

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

7. How does the alphabetical part of the text within Chapter 3 embellish the details depicted within the diagram of Mr. Twit's mouth in the same chapter?

8. How does Mr. Twit think his hairy face affects his overall appearance and how does the narrator contradict Mr. Twit's point of view?

9. How is irony present in the one time Mr. Twit calls his wife by a pet name within the novel?

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

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