Matilda Who Told Lies Quiz

The poet of "Matilda" is ________ ________.

Who are the two main characters in the poem?

• Matilda

• The Fireman

• The Aunt

• The Mother

Matilda phoned _____________________ .

• The Fire Brigade

• The Navy Brigade

• The Water Brigade

• The Police Brigade

Where did Matilda’s aunt go ‘a few weeks later’?

ANS: To the ________________.

What happened to Matilda and the house in the end?

ANS: It _______________ down.

Matilda's problem is she likes to ________.

• play

• sleep

• lie

• curse

"Matilda who Told Lies and was Burned to Death" is what type of poem?

• expository

• narrative

• persuasive

• descriptive

People did not believe Matilda when she shouted to tell them about the real fire because ________________.

• she had lied before about her aunt

• she had lied before about their being a flood

• she had lied before about their being a fire

• she had lied before about her home colour

The 10th line from the end says ‘You should have heard her Scream and Bawl’.

Scream and Bawl’ are _________.

• synonyms

• antonyms

• homonyms

• homographs

What lesson is the poet trying to teach us?

• Not to use the phone

• Not to be playful

• Not to be rude

• Not to tell lies