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