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A comprehension quiz quiz for readers of Matilda by Roald Dahl
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1
What word could Eric Ink not spell?
Write
Difficulty
What
2
Why did Mr Wormwood call Matilda a cheat?
Because she told lies
Because she was good at sums
Because she cheated at Monopoly
3
Why did Julius Rottwrinkle get into trouble?
He was eating sweets in class
He got all his spellings wrong
4
Which book by Charles Dickens did Matilda first read?
A Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
5
What did Miss Trunchbull do to Rupert when he missed his multiplication tables?
She lifted him up by the hair
She turned him upside down
6
Which did Miss Trunchbull think is worse:
A bad girl
A bad boy
7
Who did Matilda confide in about her special power?
Mrs Phelps
Her brother
Miss Honey
Her mother
8
What first amazed Miss Honey about Matilda?
Her musical ability
Her mathematical ability
Her reading ability
9
Who, according to Miss Trunchbull, should be kept out of sight in boxes like hairpins?
Small people
Matilda
10
Who thinks looks are more important than books?
Mrs Phelps
Miss Trunchbull
Mrs Wormwood
11
What punishment did Miss Trunchbull give Bruce Bogtrotter?
Forced him to eat an enormous cake
Put him in The Chokey
12
Who did Miss Trunchbull think was a real pillar of society?
Mr Samson
Mr Wormwood
Mr Rock
13
How did Matilda discover that she had an extraordinary power?
She read about it
When she got angry
14
How did Miss Honey test Matilda's special power?
On a piece of chalk
On Lavender's lunch
On a glass of water
15
Who is Miss Honey's aunt?
Matilda's mother
Miss Trunchbull
16
Where did Matilda's family eat their meals?
In the kitchen
In the dining room
In front of the telly
17
What is Miss Trunchbull's idea of the perfect school?
One with no children in it
Her school
18
Why did Bruce Bogtrotter get into trouble?
He stole Miss Trunchbull's slice of cake.
He was cheating
19
What did Matilda compose for Miss Honey on her first day at school?
A limerick
A story
A song
20
What did Matilda's mum do five afternoons a week?
Play bridge
Go bowling
Play bingo
21
Why did Matilda think Miss Honey was poor?
She had no money
Her cottage was tiny
She ate margarine
22
Why did Matilda's family go abroad
They won a raffle
For a holiday
Because Matilda's dad was wanted by the police
23
Who put itching-powder in the Trunchbull's knickers?
Matilda
Lavender
Hortensia
24
What did Miss Trunchbull accuse Matilda of doing on her first day at school?
Putting a stinkbomb under the desk
Chewing gum
Stealing a pencil
25
What was Miss Honey's family home called?
The Pines
Trunchbull Hall
The Red House
26
How did Matilda suspect that Miss Honey's father died?
He had a heart attack
He killed himself
Miss Trunchbull murdered him
27
Where did Miss Honey live?
In a tiny cottage
In her father's house
In a flat
28
What was Miss Trunchbull once famous as?
An athlete
A musician
A detective
29
What was the name of Miss Honey's father?
Martin
Magnus
Simon
30
What did Matilda put in her dad's hair oil?
Grow-again hair tonic for bald men
Glue
Platinum blonde hair-dye
31
What was Matilda's surname?
Wood brook
Woodworm
Wormwood
32
What hairstyle did Miss Trunchbull like the least on little girls?
Ribbons
Bun
Pigtails
33
Who did Miss Truchbull call 'a witless weed, an ignorant little slug, a stupid glob of glue'?
Rupert
Lavender
34
What was The Chokey?
A chair
A sweet
A lock-up cupboard
35
What was Matilda's first miracle?
She toppled the glass of water and the newt over Miss T.
She wrote with the chalk
36
What was the name of the Headmistress at Matilda's school?
Miss Trunchbull
Miss Caterpillar
Miss Bulldoze
37
What did Miss Trunchbull often think of inventing?
A spray for getting rid of small children
An electric cane
38
Who did Miss Trunchbull accuse of putting the newt in her glass of water?
Hortensia
Matilda
39
Who did Miss Trunchbull call 'a festering gumboil, a fleabitten fungus, a bursting blister'?
Matilda
Miss Honey
Wilfred
40
What did Miss Trunchbull do when she saw Matilda's ghostly writing on the blackboard?
She fainted
She ran away
She yelled
41
How does Miss Honey teach pupils to spell hard words?
She repeats them
She makes up a song about them
She writes them on the blackboard
42
How did Miss Trunchbull cheat Miss Honey out of her inheritance?
She forged her father's will
She ran away with the money
43
Where did Matilda live after her family went to Spain?
With Miss Honey
With Miss Trunchbull
In an orphanage
44
Who put a newt in Miss Trunchbull's jug of water?
Lavender
Matilda
Bruce Bogtrotter
45
Why did Miss Honey visit Matilda's parents?
To tell them Matilda was a brilliant child
To complain about Matilda
To tell them Matilda was expelled
46
Which of the following did Miss Trunchbull call Bruce Bogtrotter?
A foul carbuncle
A blackhead
A poisonous pustule
A miserable little gumboil
47
Who was the librarian who helped Matilda with her reading?
Mrs Phearson
Mrs Pheasant
Mrs Phelps
48
Why had Miss Honey no money?
She was badly paid
She spent it at bingo
Miss Trunchbull took all her salary
49
What happened to the car Miss Trunchbull bought from Matilda's dad?
A wheel fell off
It crashed
Its engine fell out
50
What did Mr Wormwood work as?
A car dealer
A zoo keeper
A clown
51
What is Miss Trunchbull's first name?
Primrose
Agatha
Maggie
52
What was Matilda's brother called?
John
Michael
Trevor
53
What was the Golden Syrup Job?
When Hortensia poured a tin of Golden Syrup on the chair
Sweet-talk to sell cars
A method of catching bees
54
Who was Matilda's favourite teacher?
Miss Honey
Mr Marmalade
Mrs Mutton
55
What did Matilda use to stick her father's hat to his head?
Superglue
Gum
Sellotape
56
For what did Amanda Thripp get into trouble?
Her hairstyle
Eating sweets
57
What did Hortensia do to Ollie Bogwhistle for sneaking on her?
She locked him in The Chokey
She poured zgolden Syrup over his head
She knocked his front teeth out
58
What was Matilda's third miracle?
She toppled another glass over
She made book float through the air
She wrote on the board with chalk
59
Why did Miss Trunchbull break a plate over Bruce Bogtrotter's head?
Because her cane was missing
Because he succeeded in eating the cake
60
Why, according to Miss Honey, did Matilda's powers disappear?
She was no longer angry
She was now using all her brains in the top form
They ran out
