Matilda Chapter 16

Where does Miss Honey live?

• In an apartment in the city

• In a cottage in the woods

• In a house in the suburbs

What upsetting information do we learn about Miss Honey that makes Matilda feel badly for her?

• Miss Honey is poor and lives in a very small home all alone.

• Miss Honey lives in a very small home, but is okay with that.

• Miss Honey cannot be a teacher anymore because she is moving away.

What does Miss Honey ask Matilda to do that Matilda has never had to do before?

• Fetch water from a well

• Fetch water from a pond

• Create a fire from wood

What food does Miss Honey offer to Matilda when they are at Miss Honey's home?

• Two pieces of brown bread with margarine, tea, and milk

• Two pieces of white bread with margarine, tea, and milk

• Two pieces of brown bread with butter, tea, and milk

When Miss Honey uses margarine on her bread instead of butter, Matilda realizes that....

• Miss Honey really is poor because she cannot afford butter

• Miss Honey really is rich because she cannot afford butter

• Miss Honey really is lying because she can afford butter

Miss Honey does not take baths, rather she uses a shower. This is another example that Miss Honey is...

• rich

• poor

• middle-class

Miss Honey is a teacher, yet she lives in this very small cottage. Matilda realizes that...

• Something is wrong and that there is a reason why Miss Honey is poor that Miss Honey is not telling her.

• Maybe teachers don't make as much money as she thought they did.

• Something is wrong. Maybe Miss Honey really does have money but is hiding it somewhere.

In Miss Honey's sitting room, Matilda notices that the furniture is not like the furniture that she has in her home. What is Miss Honey's furniture like?

• Miss Honey has wood boxes instead of chairs.

• Miss Honey has bean bags instead of chairs.

• Miss Honey has couches that are falling apart.

• Miss Honey has a desk instead of a couch.

Miss Honey said that Matilda's powers are a PHENOMENON. What do you think that word means?

• Disgusting

• Mystery/Wonder

• Boring

• Hateful

Choose the words that best describe Miss Honey's cottage home. (THERE ARE TWO ANSWER CHOICES YOU MUST CHOOSE)

• Comfortable

• Small

• Uncomfortable

• Large