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

2. When Mr. Twit expresses his dislike of the texture of the new spaghetti, he uses what adjective to describe it?

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

4. How many men does the narrator say have beards?

5. How many balloons does Mr. Twit prepare for Mrs. Twit's cure?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. For what purpose does the author include a diagram of Mr. Twit's mouth within Chapter 3, entitled Dirty Beards?

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 12, entitled Mrs. Twit Goes Ballooning Down, the narrator uses the first sentence of the chapter to state two characteristics Mrs. Twit displays and one that she does not display. What are these three qualities?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Roly-Poly's character within the novel The Twits? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Roly-Poly and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays Roly-Poly in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Roald Dahl instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of his novel The Twits.

Essay Topic 3

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

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