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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. The narrator points out that the Twits' house lacks a single what?

2. With what object does Mrs. Twit attack Mr. Twit when she descends upon him?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 13, entitled Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock, Mr. Twit is celebrating Mrs. Twit's absence with what beverage in hand?

4. What word does Muggle-Wump's child use to describe his plan, causing Muggle-Wump to tell the child to shut up?

5. Who warns Roly-Poly when Mr. Twit has applied Hugtight glue to the bars of the monkeys' cage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the four boys stuck in The Big Dead Tree escape from Mr. Twit?

2. What plants are specifically named as ones that Mrs. Twit grows in her garden and what reasons are given for her choices?

3. How do the monkeys and birds gain access to the Twits' house?

4. Besides Muggle-Wump, his family, and the Roly-Poly Bird, who else helps with the plan to punish the Twits?

5. In what way does Mr. Twit react to Mrs. Twit's reappearance as she descends from the sky?

6. What simile is used to describe Muggle-Wump's sense of urgency as he directs the plan to punish the Twits?

7. What qualities of the alphabetical part of The Twits makes it clear that Roald Dahl never intended for his story to lack illustrations?

8. 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?

9. In what way is the theme of teamwork demonstrated in the chapter entitled Hugtight Sticky Glue?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How is the topic of family bonds treated within Roald Dahl's novel The Twits and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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