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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. How many birds come "flying in from miles around" (28) to stare at Mrs. Twit descending from the sky?

2. What adjective is used to describe the grin Mr. Twit wears as he cuts the strings around Mrs. Twit's ankles?

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of altruism demonstrated within the novel The Twits?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss three different types of comedic techniques Dahl uses within his novel The Twits.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Roald Dahl's novel The Twits and analyze Dahl’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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