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Matilda

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is Matilda's first friend at school?
a)
Lavender
b)
Bruce
c)
Her brother
d)
She didn't have any friends
2.
Who is the headmistress at Crunchem Hall when Matilda first goes to school?
a)
Miss Honey
b)
Mr. Dahl
c)
Mrs. Phelps
d)
Miss Trunchbull
3.
What did Matilda use to tip the glass over?
a)
Her arm
b)
Her eyes
c)
Her hands
d)
Her feet
4.
Who did Matilda go to live with at the end of the story?
a)
Her parents
b)
Miss Trunchbull
c)
Mrs. Phelps
d)
Miss Honey
5.
Miss Honey is:
a)
A sweet, kind person
b)
Loud and rude
c)
Crazy and wild
d)
Mean
6.
Where does the family eat dinner?
a)
the dining room
b)
Off of tv trays in the living room
c)
the porch
d)
in their bedrooms
7.
Why did Miss Honey's aunt move in with her?
a)
so she could run the house and look after Miss Honey
b)
so she could spy on her father
c)
so she could eat all of their food
8.
What was Miss Honey's father's name?
a)
John
b)
Magnus
c)
Mike
d)
Joe
9.
What happens to Matilda's parents at the end of the story?
a)
They move to Spain.
b)
They fight to keep Matilda with them. 
c)
They stay in the same house and everything is normal.
d)
They learn to love to read.
10.
Why does Miss Honey have no money?
a)
Miss Trunchbull doesn't pay her anything to teach at the school.
b)
Miss Trunchbull takes most of it.
c)
She has to pay off her father's bills.
d)
She spends it all to go shopping.
11.
What did Matilda's mother do all day long?
a)
Shop
b)
Dye her hair
c)
Play bingo
d)
Exercise
12.
The Trunchbull puts children in a cupboard to punish them. What is it called?
a)
The Black Hole
b)
The Stifler 
c)
The Coffin
d)
The Chokey
13.
What did Bruce Bogtrotter steal from the Trunchbull
a)
Chocolate cake
b)
Riding crop
c)
Egg salad sandwich
d)
Kni
14.
Why does Matilda think her father is a crook
a)
He hustles people while playing billiards
b)
He hustles people by playing poker
c)
He uses dishonest business practices to sell cars.
d)
He steals money from his fellow salesmen.
15.
What color does Matilda's mother dye her hair?
a)
Bright red
b)
Pitch Black
c)
Light brown
d)
platinum blonde
16.
What does Matilda place inside the rim of her father's hat?
a)
bleach
b)
tape
c)
coffee
d)
superglue
17.
What is Miss Honey's first name?
a)
Mary
b)
Jenny
c)
Suzie
d)
Sarah
18.
Who said this: "My idea of a perfect school is one that doesn't have any children in it."
a)
Mr. Wormwood
b)
Miss Honey
c)
Mr. Trilby
d)
The Trunchbull
19.
What was Matilda's father's job?
a)
second-hand car dealer
b)
doctor
c)
burglar
d)
cashier
20.
Who is a child genius?
a)
Matilda
b)
Lavender
c)
Bruce Bogtrotter
d)
Hortensia
21.

What is Matilda's brother's name?

a)

James

b)

Danny

c)

Michael

d)

Magnus

22.

What was the first "Grown up" book that Matilda read?

a)

The Red Pony

b)

Great Expectations

c)

Just so stories

d)

War and Peace

23.

Where does Matilda's mysterious power "shoot" from?

a)

The top of her head

b)

Her eyes

c)

Her elbow

d)

Her finger

24.

What does Matilda's mother do all day long?

a)

Exercise

b)

Play bingo

c)

Shop

d)

Dye her hair

25.

What was Fred's parrot's name?

a)

Chopper

b)

Polly

c)

Bruce

d)

Nigel

26.

What does Mr Wormwood use to make his cars' engines run smoothly?

a)

Sawdust

b)

Electric drill

c)

Extra oil

d)

Honey

27.

Every day Mr Wormwood put something on his hair. What was it?

a)

Wax

b)

Peroxide

c)

Styling cream

d)

Hair tonic

28.

What was Miss Honey's first name?

a)

Jennifer

b)

Agatha

c)

Lavender

d)

Hortensia

29.

What name is on the gate of Matilda's house?

a)

Cosy Nook

b)

Gypsy House

c)

Happy Valley

d)

Comfy Cottage

30.

What is Matilda's complaint about the books of C.S Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien?

a)

Too difficult

b)

No romance

c)

Too long

d)

No funny bits

31.

The Trunchbull puts children in a cupboard to punish them. What is it called?

a)

The Stifler

b)

The Black Hole

c)

The Coffin

d)

The Chokey

32.

Who put itching powder in the Trunchbull's knickers?

a)

Hortensia

b)

Miss Honey

c)

Lavender

d)

Matilda

33.

In what event did the Trunchbull compete at the Olympics?

a)

100 yard dash

b)

Hammer throw

c)

Javelin

d)

Weightlifting

34.

What did Bruce Bogtrotter steal from the Trunchbull?

a)

Riding crop

b)

Medal

c)

Egg salad sandwich

d)

Chocolate cake

35.

What does Lavender put in the Trunchbull's water jug?

a)

A newt

b)

A goldfish

c)

A frog

d)

A mouse

36.

According to the Trunchbull, the perfect school would have...?

a)

Strict discipline

b)

Uniforms

c)

No children

d)

Corporal punishment

37.

What relation is the Trunchbull to Miss Honey?

a)

Her Mother

b)

Her grandmother

c)

Her aunt

d)

Her cousin

38.

What was Miss Honey's father's name?

a)

Harry

b)

Magnus

c)

Victor

d)

Nigel

39.

What is Matilda's third and final miracle?

a)

Flying

b)

Lifting a child

c)

Writing on the chalkboard

d)

Tipping the glass

40.

Where does the Wormwood family (minus Matilda) move at the end of the story?

a)

Australia

b)

Russia

c)

Spain

d)

USA

41.

What does Matilda's father do for a living?

a)

banker

b)

car salesman

c)

jeweler

d)

owns a garbage company

42.

Why did Matilda hide the parrot?

a)

so her parents would not know she had it

b)

she stole it from her neighbor

c)

to make her parents think there was a ghost in the house

d)

because her parents hated birds

43.

Which is a prank that Matilda pulled on her parents?

a)

hid her mother's jewelry

b)

turned their hair purple

c)

made them look through binoculars with rings around their eyes

d)

glued her father's hat to his head

44.

Who was Mrs. Phelps?

a)

the librarian

b)

Matilda's neighbor

c)

Matilda's teacher

d)

Mr. Wormwood's secretary

45.

Why was Mrs. Phelps important to Matilda?

a)

she protected Matilda from her parents

b)

she talked to her parents about how special Matilda was

c)

she introduced Matilda to great books

d)

she helped Matilda with her pranks

46.

Why did Mrs. Trunchbull want to punish Matilda?

a)

because she does not like smart children

b)

because Matilda's father cheated her on a car

c)

because she thinks Matilda is naughty

d)

because she thinks Matilda cheats on her schoolwork

47.

What prank does Lavender pull on Miss Trunchbull?

a)

she poured water on her

b)

she wrote something funny on the chalkboard

c)

she pulled her chair out from under her

d)

she put a newt in her water jug

48.

Miss Trunchbull is Miss Honey's ___________?

a)

aunt

b)

mother

c)

former teacher

d)

sister

49.

What does Matilda do that makes Miss Trunchbull flee?

a)

she tells her that she knows her secret

b)

she pretends to be the ghost of Magnus

c)

she finds out that the house really belongs to Miss Honey

d)

she and Lavender put snakes on her desk

50.

Why does Matilda's special gift stop working?

a)

because Miss Trunchbull is gone

b)

because her life got better

c)

because she has to use more of her brain power for learning after she skips ahead in school

d)

because her parents are gone