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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. Who retrieves the key to the monkeys' cage and delivers it to the monkeys?
2. What word is used to describe Muggle-Wump's smile as he tells the others his plan to destroy the Twits?
3. Muggle-Wump announces to the others that the Twits eat their weekly Bird Pie supper in which room?
4. The monkeys begin to disobey Mr. Twit's orders as soon as what event occurs?
5. Before they go to town, Mr. Twit tells Mrs. Twit to take what action while he is busy making sure that the monkeys are secured?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the start of Chapter 14, the narrator states that "That's enough of that" (32) in relation to a particular topic discussed within the novel thus far. What is that topic?
2. In what way is Mr. Twit celebrating the absence of Mrs. Twit when he hears Mrs. Twit shouting as she descends upon him?
3. Besides Muggle-Wump, his family, and the Roly-Poly Bird, who else helps with the plan to punish the Twits?
4. What simile is used to describe Muggle-Wump's sense of urgency as he directs the plan to punish the Twits?
5. What does Mr. Twit tell the four boys stuck in The Big Dead Tree that he is going to do to them for scaring away the birds?
6. What room does Muggle-Wump choose to set as bait for the Twits and what informs his decision?
7. What are the steps in Muggle-Wump's plan to punish the Twits?
8. For what reason does Dahl choose to have Muggle-Wump remain silent about the nature of his plan?
9. In what way is the theme of teamwork demonstrated in the chapter entitled Hugtight Sticky Glue?
10. What threat does Mr. Twit make against the birds and monkeys before he suggests to Mrs. Twit that they go into town to buy guns?
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
How does the theme of cruelty function within the novel and what are Dahl’s messages regarding this theme?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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