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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. While the frog sleeps on Mrs. Twit's pillow, she spends the night in what location?

2. How does the narrator describe the number of food particles dwelling inside of Mr. Twit's beard?

3. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that she probably has about how long to live due to contracting The Shrinks?

4. Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit that she "must have shrunk at least" (20) how much in the previous few days?

5. Mrs. Twit stays still in the air after she has severed how many balloon strings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What is the impetus for Mr. Twit's idea about releasing Mrs. Twit into the atmosphere?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the novel's message concerning the link between thoughts and appearance?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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