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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator suggest for certain men's decisions to wear beards?

2. What is NOT an action Mrs. Twit takes after she announces to Mr. Twit that he has been eating worms?

3. When Mr. Twit declares that his spaghetti is moving, Mrs. Twit tells him that the spaghetti is a new what?

4. How does the narrator describe the weather on the day of Mrs. Twit's flight?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does the narrator provide for the conclusion that Mr. and Mrs. Twit know one another very well?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mrs. Twit use her glass eye to amuse herself?

7. How and why does Dahl utilize the second person point of view within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick?

8. How is irony present in the one time Mr. Twit calls his wife by a pet name within the novel?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Roly-Poly's character within the novel The Twits? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Roly-Poly and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays Roly-Poly in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Roald Dahl's novel The Twits and one of the novel's main messages. How does Dahl make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help him get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Roald Dahl's novel The Twits. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

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