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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. How many balloons does Mr. Twit prepare for Mrs. Twit's cure?
(a) 100.
(b) 82.
(c) 36.
(d) 1,000.
2. How many birds come "flying in from miles around" (28) to stare at Mrs. Twit descending from the sky?
(a) Scores.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Flocks.
3. In what location does Mr. Twit perform the preparations for his prank involving Mrs. Twit's walking stick?
(a) In his work shed.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) On the roof.
(d) In the basement.
4. 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) Her walking stick.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A frog.
5. What two adjectives are used to describe the worms Mrs. Twit chooses for her prank?
(a) Squishy and swishy.
(b) Fat and pale.
(c) Big and long.
(d) Squirmy and irmy.
Short Answer Questions
1. After how many balloons are attached to Mrs. Twit does she become completely incapacitated?
2. The narrator states that Mr. Twit feels that his beard makes him look as if he exhibits which two characteristics?
3. The narrator tells the readers that the next time they see a bearded man will likely be when what other event takes place?
4. What reason does Mrs. Twit give to others when they ask why she needs to carry the object she always carries in her right hand?
5. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the flavor of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Mr. Twit's complete lack of compassion for Mrs. Twit demonstrated within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?
2. How often does Mr. Twit wash his beard?
3. How does the trick featured within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick, take the pranks in the novel to another level of cruelty?
4. What method does Mrs. Twit use to engineer her descent?
5. How is irony present in the one time Mr. Twit calls his wife by a pet name within the novel?
6. What is the impetus for Mr. Twit's idea about releasing Mrs. Twit into the atmosphere?
7. How does Dahl inject the scene within Chapter 11, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Up, with a sinister mood?
8. How does the trickster react to seeing the tricked person unknowingly eat worms?
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 and why does Dahl utilize the second person point of view within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick?
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