Matilda's Adventure Quiz

On the day her father refused to buy her a book, Matilda ---.

• emptied his jar of change to buy books at a yard sale

• studied the manuals from his second-hand cars

• set out all by herself to walk to the public library

• borrowed a mystery series from a kind neighbor

What did the parrot say in a spooky voice that frightened Matilda's family?

• "Boo! I'm coming to get you!"

• "Rattle my bones."

• "Are you naughty or nice?"

• "Stand and deliver"

What did Miss Honey have Matilda read aloud on her first day of school?

• a dreary list of classroom rules

• an alphabet book featuring animals

• a famous and funny limerick

• a speech from a one-act play

Miss Honey defended Matilda when Miss Trunchbull accused Matilda of ---.

• eating a slice of her special fruit cake

• putting a stink-bomb under her desk

• sprinkling itching-powder on her car seat

• gluing The Chokey door shut

Why had Miss Trunchbull put Hortensia in The Chokey the first time?

• She put vinegar in Miss Trunchbull's water pitcher.

• She could not answer a math question.

• She wore her long hair in a bun, just like Miss Trunchbull.

• She poured syrup on the seat of Miss Trunchbull's chair.

Lavender's secret idea to do something truly heroic involved ---.

• wrapping small pebbles inside empty toffee wrappers

• catching a newt from a pond at the bottom of her garden

• making an incredibly strong teacher-trapping net

• filling her large pockets with a hammer, nails and a drill

What did Matilda do for Miss Honey at her cottage?

• She gathered kindling.

• She made a pot of coffee.

• She brought a bucket of water from the well.

• She picked a bunch of tulips from the garden.

Miss Honey said that when she became a teacher, her aunt had ---.

• pretended to be ill, to try to make Miss Honey quit and stay home

• tried to trick her to accept a teaching job on a remote island

• burned Miss Honey's precious books in a fit of rage

• made her sign a paper to give her salary to her aunt

To help Miss Honey, what did Matilda practice while using eye-power?

• making people obey by staring into their eyes

• lifting and holding an object in the air

• opening a safe without setting off an alarm

• turning the radio and TV on and off

Which of these did NOT happen after Miss Trunchbull disappeared?

• Matilda moved up to Miss Plimsoll's class.

• Miss Honey moved into The Red House.

• Matilda lost her powers.

• Miss Honey was appointed Head Teacher.