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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. 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 shrieks loudly.
(c) She laughs uproariously.
(d) She turns white with fear.

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

3. What day of the week does the narrator name as the day when Mr. Twit certainly never deigns to wash his beard?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

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

5. At what time does Mrs. Twit make lunch on the day she serves worms to Mr. Twit?
(a) 2 o'clock.
(b) 1 o'clock.
(c) 11 o'clock.
(d) Noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the grin Mr. Twit wears as he cuts the strings around Mrs. Twit's ankles?

2. How often does Mr. Twit wash his beard?

3. What implement does Mr. Twit have in his hand when he is described as "poking around in" (15) his spaghetti?

4. What simile does Dahl use to characterize the way in which kind thoughts "shine out of [one's] face" (9)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Mr. Twit's complete lack of compassion for Mrs. Twit demonstrated within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?

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

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

8. 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?

9. What is the impetus for Mr. Twit's idea about releasing Mrs. Twit into the atmosphere?

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

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