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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 pet name does Mr. Twit call Mrs. Twit just before he cuts the strings around her ankles?
(a) Sweetums.
(b) Honeybunch.
(c) Lovey.
(d) Angel.

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

3. 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?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Curtains.
(d) Sayonara.

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

5. From what location does Mrs. Twit acquire the worms she needs for the prank she wants to pull on Mr. Twit?
(a) From the hardware store.
(b) From the garden.
(c) From the garbage dump.
(d) From the gas station.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mr. Twit?

2. How does Mrs. Twit initially react when she feels the frog's presence?

3. 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?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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