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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 warns Roly-Poly when Mr. Twit has applied Hugtight glue to the bars of the monkeys' cage?
2. In what location does Mr. Twit always keep the key to the monkeys' cage?
3. When Mr. Twit emerges from the house and sees the monkeys and birds all together, what are the monkeys and birds doing?
4. What word does Dahl add to the title of Chapter 19, No Bird Pie for Mr. Twit, in order to form the title of Chapter 20?
5. Mrs. Twit insists that Mr. Twit not apply Hugtight Glue to what object?
Short Essay Questions
1. Besides Muggle-Wump, his family, and the Roly-Poly Bird, who else helps with the plan to punish the Twits?
2. In what way is the theme of teamwork demonstrated in the chapter entitled Hugtight Sticky Glue?
3. 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?
4. Before Roly-Poly's arrival, Muggle-Wump had always tried to warn the birds about Mr. Twit's glue traps, but he had always been unsuccessful due to what reason?
5. What room does Muggle-Wump choose to set as bait for the Twits and what informs his decision?
6. In what way does the illustration of a monkey cage on page 33 serve as an example of foreshadowing?
7. How do the four boys stuck in The Big Dead Tree escape from Mr. Twit?
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 qualities of the alphabetical part of The Twits makes it clear that Roald Dahl never intended for his story to lack illustrations?
10. Who continues to find fault with Muggle-Wump's topic of conversation and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the theme of cruelty function within the novel and what are Dahl’s messages regarding this theme?
Essay Topic 2
Determine the author's message regarding the idea that animals should retain their freedom by living in the wild.
Essay Topic 3
Write a critical essay about Roald Dahl's novel The Twits while using the critical lens of biographical theory. Use textual evidence from the novel and from your author research in order to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's messages and their connections to the author’s life.
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