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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 two adjectives are used to describe the worms Mrs. Twit chooses for her prank?

2. After how many balloons are attached to Mrs. Twit does she become completely incapacitated?

3. What day of the week does the narrator name as the day when Mr. Twit certainly never deigns to wash his beard?

4. Which character in The Twits has a beard?

5. While still attached to the ground, Mrs. Twit exclaims that there is enough pull present to take her to what location?

Short Essay Questions

1. How often does Mr. Twit wash his beard?

2. Who plays the trick depicted in Chapter 7 entitled The Wormy Spaghetti and what is the trick?

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

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

5. How is Mr. Twit's complete lack of compassion for Mrs. Twit demonstrated within Chapter 9, entitled Mrs. Twit Has the Shrinks?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Trace the characterization arcs of Mr. and Mrs. Twit throughout the novel. Discuss whether Mr. Twit is a round or flat character and whether Mr. Twit is a static or dynamic character. Then do the same in relation to Mrs. Twit.

Essay Topic 3

How does the theme of cruelty function within the novel and what are Dahl’s messages regarding this theme?

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