Matilda Chapter 7-9

​Matilda: Part Two

Chapter 7 to 9: Matilda finally goes to school​

Multiple Choice

What school did Matilda go to?

• Crunchy Hall Primary School

• Crunchem Hall Primary School

• Crunchem Hall Secondary School

• Circle Hall Primary School

Multiple Select

Who is "Miss Trunchbull"?

• The headmistress/ head teacher

• Matilda's teacher.

• The boss.

"Their teacher was called Miss Honey, and she could not have been more than twenty-three or twenty-four. She had a lovely pale oval madonna face with blue eyes and her hair was light-brown. Her body was so slim and fragile one got the feeling that if she fell over she would smash into a thousand pieces, like a porcelain figure.​"

• 'madonna' ​- Biblical Mary

• Delicate, feminine, gentle

• "breakable" character ​

​Miss. Jennifer Honey (Physical)

"Miss Jennifer Honey was a mild and quiet person who never raised her voice and was seldom seen to smile, but there is no doubt she possessed that rare gift for being adored by every small child under her care."

• What does "seldom" mean?

• Is Miss. Honey's lack of smiling a surprise?

• Why is she named "Miss. Honey" ?​

​Miss. Honey (Characteristics)

"She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike. There was an aura of menace about her even at a distance, and when she came up close you could almost feel the dangerous heat radiating from her as from a red-hot rod of metal. When she marched — Miss Trunchbull never walked, she always marched like a storm-trooper with long strides and arms aswinging — when she marched along a corridor you could actually hear her snorting as she went, and if a group of children happened to be in her path, she ploughed right on through them like a tank, with small people bouncing off her to left and right"

​Miss. Trunchbull (Physical)

• Why do you think Miss. Trunchbull chose to work in a school despite seemingly hating children?

• Dahl likens Trunchbull to a "raving rhino" - how do you think most people deal with her?

​Miss. Trunchbull (Characteristics)