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The Twits
Quiz 1
1. What were some of the things stuck in Mr.
Twit’s beard (tell me at least 2)
2. Mrs. Twit was once not very ugly. How did she come to look like she does now?
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3. What was the first trick?
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4. Why does Mrs. Twit carry a walking stick?
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5. What day of the week do the Twits eat bird pie?
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6. How many monkeys do they keep in the cage in the garden? __________
7. Why are there monkeys in their garden?
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8. What is the name of the glue Mr. Twit uses? __________________________________
9. How did the boys escape Mr. Twit?
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10. What is the name of the disease that Mrs. Twit “gets”? ________________________________
11. How would you get revenge for someone giving you wormy spaghetti?
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Who are you?_________________________________
12. Would you be friends with Mr. or Mrs. Twit? Why or why not?
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13. What did Mr Twit do with the Giant Skillywiggler?
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14. Where is the Roly Poly Bird from? _________________________________________
Vocabulary matching
Plotting •
Wretched •
Beard •
Cackled •
Peered •
• looked
• facial hair generally found on the lower part of a person’s face.
• poor, pitiful
• laugh somewhat unpleasantly
• planning
“He put on another 10 balloons. The upward pull became very strong. Mrs. twit was quite
helpless now. With her feet tied to the ground and her arms pulled upwards by the balloons, she
was unable to move. She was a prisoner and Mr Twit had intended to go away and leave her
when Mrs. Twit opened her big mouth and said something silly. “Are you sure that my feet are
properly tied to the ground?”
15. In the text above, why does Roald Dahl write that Mrs. Twit was ‘like a prisoner’?
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16. Answer ONE of the following questions in detail.
What is your favourite part of the book so far & Why? OR How do you think the story will end?
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