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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. In what location does Mr. Twit perform the preparations for his prank involving Mrs. Twit's walking stick?
(a) In his work shed.
(b) On the roof.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the backyard.

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

3. The narrator tells the readers that the next time they see a bearded man will likely be when what other event takes place?
(a) When the readers walk outside.
(b) When hell freezes over.
(c) When Mrs. Twit smiles.
(d) When Mr. Twit gives Mrs. Twit a hug.

4. After Mrs. Twit has soared off into the sky, Mr. Twit thinks to himself that "At last the old" what "is lost and gone forever" (26)?
(a) Ball and chain.
(b) Lady.
(c) Crone.
(d) Hag.

5. What action is described as being impossible for a bearded man to take?
(a) To hide his appearance from onlookers.
(b) To wipe his face clean with a washcloth.
(c) To have compassion for others.
(d) To use a hairdryer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Twit react when he finds Mrs. Twit's glass eye in the place where she had hidden it?

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

3. At the end of the chapter focusing on the state of Mr. Twit's beard, the narrator states, "What I'm trying to tell you is that Mr. Twit" (7) is what kind of an old man?

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

5. How does Mr. Twit revive Mrs. Twit when she faints due to fear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Down, the narrator uses the first sentence of the chapter to state two characteristics Mrs. Twit displays and one that she does not display. What are these three qualities?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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