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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 plastic object do the Twits keep on their sideboard?
(a) A plastic fishbowl.
(b) A plastic Jesus.
(c) A plastic gnome.
(d) A plastic punch bowl.

2. From what location does the Roly-Poly Bird hail?
(a) Africa.
(b) Australia.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Peru.

3. At what time of day does Roly-Poly fly around the tree and the cage, singing warnings to the other birds?
(a) At noon.
(b) At daybreak.
(c) At midnight.
(d) At sundown.

4. On what day of the week does Roly-Poly first sing a song to warn the birds about the Hugtight trap?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Tuesday.

5. Mrs. Twit suggests that she and Mr. Twit buy themselves what type of weapons?
(a) Pistols.
(b) Assault rifles.
(c) Shotguns.
(d) Machine guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Muggle-Wump calls the Twits filthy, he refers to them as what type of "freaks" (64) when he again warns the others to hurry?

2. How many monkeys leap out of the monkey cage once the key is used to open it?

3. How many important tasks does Muggle-Wump tell his family members that they still have to do before they can all leave their captors forever?

4. Who retrieves the key to the monkeys' cage and delivers it to the monkeys?

5. Mr. Twit insists that he will not wait what length of time to eat his Bird Pie supper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who continues to find fault with Muggle-Wump's topic of conversation and why?

2. In what way does Mr. Twit react to Mrs. Twit's reappearance as she descends from the sky?

3. What does Mr. Twit tell the four boys stuck in The Big Dead Tree that he is going to do to them for scaring away the birds?

4. What threat does Mr. Twit make against the birds and monkeys before he suggests to Mrs. Twit that they go into town to buy guns?

5. Besides Muggle-Wump, his family, and the Roly-Poly Bird, who else helps with the plan to punish the Twits?

6. In what way is the theme of teamwork demonstrated in the chapter entitled Hugtight Sticky Glue?

7. For what reason does Dahl choose to have Muggle-Wump remain silent about the nature of his plan?

8. What qualities of the alphabetical part of The Twits makes it clear that Roald Dahl never intended for his story to lack illustrations?

9. In what way is Mr. Twit outwitted at the beginning of Chpater 21: "Mr. and Mrs. Twit Go Off to Buy Guns"?

10. How do the monkeys and birds gain access to the Twits' house?

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