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Matilda

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Matildas father encourage her to do instead of read?

a)

Sell used cars

b)

Watch television

c)

Clean the house

d)

Find friends

2.

What did Matildas family value?

a)

Money

b)

Television

c)

Beauty

d)

All of the above

3.

What does Matilda value?

a)

Money

b)

Relationships

c)

Education

d)

Both A & B

e)

Both B & C

4.

Why did Matilda play pranks on her parents?

a)

Ms. Honey told her to

b)

She wanted them to get mad at her

c)

She wanted them to learn a lesson and be nicer

d)

She was a prankster

5.

How did Matilda get her powers?

a)

She got really mad

b)

Her dad experimented on her

c)

Ms. Honey gave them to her

d)

She was not being challenged in school

6.

Trunchbull said her idea of the perfect school was one without ____

a)

Children

b)

Homework

c)

Parents

d)

Punishments

7.

For what reason did Matildas parents have to leave the country

a)

There was a war

b)

Her father made bad business deals

c)

Her mother had a large amount of bingo debt

d)

Her parents were tired of the UK

8.

Complete this sentence!

Matilda admired Lavender because she was .........

a)

inventive and hilarious.

b)

plucky and brave.

c)

gutsy and adventurous.

d)

kind and fair.

9.

What is Mastilda most famous for being?

a)

Boastful

b)

Bombastic

c)

Brooding

d)

Brave

10.

Which of these words begin with 'I' describes Matilda?

a)

Irritable

b)

Independent

c)

Intolerable

d)

Intimidating

11.

What is a limerick?

a)

A witty, rhyming poem

b)

A type of banjo

c)

A low, stone wall

d)

A remedy for indigestion

12.

What does Matilda use to discover new worlds?

a)

Her Imagination

b)

A hot-air balloon

c)

A very fast car

d)

The internet

13.

What is the name of the school Matilda attends?

a)

Munchem Hall

b)

Chewem Hall

c)

Crunchem Hall

d)

Swallowemwhole Hall

14.

How would you describe Matilda?

a)

Ordinary

b)

Extraordinary

c)

Quite dull

d)

A bit boring, really

e)

Normal

15.

Complete this sentence

By the time she was four years and three months old, Matilda had ...........

a)

read all the children's books in the library.

b)

learned to drive.

c)

swum the English channel.

d)

climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

16.

What is Mr Wormwoods Job?

a)

He is a used-car sales person.

b)

He is a tax inspector.

c)

He is a teacher.

d)

He is a parkour champion.

17.

What does Matilda think that all children's books should have in them?

a)

A challenging plot

b)

Sad bits

c)

Illustrations

d)

Funy bits

18.

What do you think, all children's books should have in them?

a)

A challenging plot

b)

Sad bits

c)

Illustrations

d)

Funy bits

e)

Other

19.

What is Matilda’s teacher’s name?

a)

Miss Phelps

b)

Miss Honey

c)

Miss Violet

d)

Miss Trunchbull

20.

Which of the following is not a trick that Matilda played on her parents?

a)

She glued her father’s hat to his head

b)

She sold the family’s television set

c)

She made her parents think that there was a ghost in the house

d)

She dyed her father’s hair blonde

21.

How are Matilda’s teacher and principal related?

a)

The teacher is the principal’s aunt

b)

The teacher is the principal’s daughter

c)

The teacher is the principal’s cousin

d)

The teacher is the principal’s niece

22.

What does Miss Trunchbull force Bruce Bogtrotter to do?

a)

Eat an entire chocolate cake

b)

Dance in front of the whole school

c)

Stay in the Chokey for an entire day

d)

Leave the school permanently

23.

What is the name of the friendly Librarian that Matilda meets?

a)

Mrs Olivia

b)

Mrs Parker

c)

Mrs Wormwood

d)

Mrs Phelps

24.

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

25.

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