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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. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the flavor of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?
2. The narrator states at the beginning of Chapter 12 that though Mrs. Twit may be "ugly" and "beastly" (27), she does not exhibit what characteristic?
3. In what location does Mr. Twit perform the preparations for his prank involving Mrs. Twit's walking stick?
4. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the appearance of Mrs. Twit's face during her youth?
5. In the illustration of Mrs. Twit as she drools with fear at the prospect of having The Shrinks, what object is she holding in one hand?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is irony present in the one time Mr. Twit calls his wife by a pet name within the novel?
2. How does the trick featured within Chapter 8, entitled The Funny Walking Stick, take the pranks in the novel to another level of cruelty?
3. What extra part of Mr. Twit's walking stick prank plan is revealed within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?
4. How does the theme of secrecy emerge within Roald Dahl's discussion of bearded men within Chapter 1, entitled Hairy Faces?
5. How does Dahl inject the scene within Chapter 11, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Up, with a sinister mood?
6. What method does Mrs. Twit use to engineer her descent?
7. What third part of Mr. Twit's shrinking prank plan is revealed within Chapter 10, entitled Mrs. Twit Gets a Stretching?
8. How is Mr. Twit's complete lack of compassion for Mrs. Twit demonstrated within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?
9. How does Mrs. Twit use her glass eye to amuse herself?
10. What dramatic change has Mrs. Twit undergone since her youth and what is the reason for the change?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Could Roald Dahl's novel The Twits be classified as a horror novel? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
What is Dahl’s purpose for including illustrations within the novel The Twits and how do the images interact with the alphabetical parts of the novel?
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