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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 is NOT a name Mrs. Twit calls Mr. Twit as she descends from the sky?

2. On what day of the week does Roly-Poly first sing a song to warn the birds about the Hugtight trap?

3. In the illustration of the Twits' yard, there is a ladder leaning against what named feature of the yard's landscaping?

4. Muggle-Wump knows where the spare key to the Twits' house is because he has seen which person putting it under the doormat?

5. Roly-Poly asks Muggle-Wump not to mention Bird Pie because hearing about it affects him in what way?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Mr. Twit celebrating the absence of Mrs. Twit when he hears Mrs. Twit shouting as she descends upon him?

2. For what reason does Dahl choose to have Muggle-Wump remain silent about the nature of his plan?

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

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

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

6. What is the final step in Muggle-Wump's plan to prepare the living room for the Twits' arrival?

7. How are the birds able to find out about the plans Mr. Twit has in store for them?

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

9. What are the steps in Muggle-Wump's plan to punish the Twits?

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

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

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Roald Dahl's novel The Twits and one of the novel's main messages. How does Dahl make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help him get across one main message of the novel?

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