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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. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that she probably has about how long to live due to contracting The Shrinks?
(a) 3 or 4 days.
(b) 2 or 3 days.
(c) 8 or 9 days.
(d) 10 or 11 days.

2. When Mrs. Twit awakens after fainting, what object is on her face?
(a) A frog.
(b) A fish.
(c) A clothespin.
(d) A monkey.

3. How does Mr. Twit react when he finds Mrs. Twit's glass eye in the place where she had hidden it?
(a) He screams.
(b) He jumps.
(c) He punches a hole in the wall.
(d) He faints.

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

5. The narrator states that even if a bearded man takes a particular action, he will still get food in his beard. What is the named action?
(a) Eating very slowly.
(b) Using a napkin.
(c) Affixing a bib.
(d) Opening his mouth very wide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does the narrator draw about the fact that Mrs. Twit does not have a beard?

2. In order to play a trick on Mr. Twit, Mrs. Twit puts her glass eye into what location?

3. What verb does Mr. Twit use to describe the only existing "cure for The Shrinks" (23)?

4. What food item is NOT featured within the diagram of Mr. Twit's mouth?

5. The narrator tells the readers that the next time they see a bearded man will likely be when what other event takes place?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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