Matilda Review Chapter 4 Mrs. Daniel

1) The experience had clearly chastened Mr. Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying. The word chastened most likely means-

• rewarded

• angered

• punished

• excited

7) The reader can tell that Mr. Wormwood-

• had a bad day before he made it home that evening

• is jealous of Matilda’s free time she has at home

• got mad when he walked in and saw his daughter reading

• feels bad about ripping Matilda’s library book

7) The author compared Matilda to Napoleon, a famous French military leader, because-

• Matilda wins most arguments with her father.

• She will fight back, much like Napoleon.

• Matilda studies a lot, and people study Napoleon.

• Matilda wants to escape, like Napoleon did.

The plan that was now beginning to hatch in her mind depended, however, upon whether or not Fred’s parrot was really as good a talker as Fred made out.

• to form or dream up

• a group

• the trunk of a car

• an opening of an airplane of submarine

Why did Matilda pretend that she thought there was a ghost in the dining room?

• she didn’t want to get caught

• she hoped to keep the parrot

• she wanted her parents to believe that there really was a ghost in the house

• she wanted to scare her mother

Mr. Wormwood loved to hear Matilda read.

• True

• False

Mr. Wormwood and Matilda agree that he should not cheat his customers.

• True

• False

Chasten means....

• relative

• discipline

• cranky

Comparative means...

• discipline

• relative

• plainly

devise means...

• design

• incident

• wise