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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. Which longtime collaborative partner of Roald Dahl created the illustrations for The Twits?
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) Ralph Steadman.
(c) Maurice Sendak.
(d) Quentin Blake.

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

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

4. How many balloons does Mr. Twit prepare for Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) 100.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 82.
(d) 36.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 10 is entitled Mrs. Twit Gets a what?

2. When Mr. Twit points out that Mrs. Twit's feet are dangling in the air, what is her reaction?

3. In what location does Mr. Twit perform the preparations for his prank involving Mrs. Twit's walking stick?

4. When Mr. Twit announces to Mrs. Twit that she has contracted a dreaded disease called The Shrinks, she has to take what action due to feeling "trembly" (20)?

5. What day of the week does the narrator name as the day when Mr. Twit certainly never deigns to wash his beard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What dramatic change has Mrs. Twit undergone since her youth and what is the reason for the change?

5. How does Dahl inject the scene within Chapter 11, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Up, with a sinister mood?

6. What third part of Mr. Twit's shrinking prank plan is revealed within Chapter 10, entitled Mrs. Twit Gets a Stretching?

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

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

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

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

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