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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 adjective does the narrator use to describe the appearance of Mrs. Twit's face during her youth?

2. What impetus does the narrator suggest causes a person to display an ugly appearance?

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

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

5. Mrs. Twit carries what object in her right hand?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is the theme of deception depicted within Mrs. Twit's statements about her walking stick?

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

9. What dramatic change has Mrs. Twit undergone since her youth and what is the reason for the change?

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

Discuss the reasons why Roald Dahl's novel The Twits utilizes a third person omniscient narrator who sometimes communicates directly with the reader using the second person point of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is Dahl's intended effect on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through The Twits. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author serve Dahl’s creation of vivid characters.

Essay Topic 3

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

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