Matilda Questions

Matilda wants to ...

• teach her father a lesson.

• play Bingo with her mom.

• sit in from of the TV all day and night.

Matilda decides to play a prank on her father. She

• dresses up like a ghost to scare him.

• turns him into the police for being a crook.

• puts superglue on his hat so it gets stuck to his head.

Matilda is a very _ girl.

• immature

• mean-spirited

• brilliant

Matilda's pranks on her family are a result of them treating her badly. This is an example of a...

• metaphor

• cause and effect relationship

• point of view

After getting the hat superglued to his head, Mr. Wormwood __ about it.

• spellbound

• sulked

• defeated

______Matilda ____________ to music in her new headphones?

• Is Matilda listening

• Are Matilda listening

• Is Matilda listen

• Does Matilda listening

Read the following line from the story: "If you get on the wrong side of Ms. Trunchbull she can liquidise you like a carrot in a kitchen blender." The line above contains an example of a—

• simile.

• theme.

• metaphor.

• alliteration.

• onomatopeia.

Look at the diagram. Where should the following line from the story go?:
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.

• 1

• 2

• center

• none of these

Look at the diagram. Where should the following line from the story go?:
Some curious warmth that was almost tangible shone out of [her] face when she spoke to a confused and homesick newcomer

• 1

• 2

• center

• none of these

What is Ms. Honey's reaction to meeting Matilda?

• She is enraged.

• She lacks curiosity.

• She is mesmerized.

• She is suspicious.