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A comprehension quiz quiz for readers of Matilda by Roald Dahl
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1
What first amazed Miss Honey about Matilda?
Her reading ability
Her mathematical ability
Her musical ability
2
What did Matilda compose for Miss Honey on her first day at school?
A song
A story
A limerick
3
How did Matilda discover that she had an extraordinary power?
When she got angry
She read about it
4
Where did Matilda live after her family went to Spain?
With Miss Honey
In an orphanage
With Miss Trunchbull
5
What did Mr Wormwood work as?
A clown
A car dealer
A zoo keeper
6
What does Mr Wormwood put into the car's oil to make the car last longer?
sawdust
gravel
honey
7
Who did Miss Trunchbull accuse of putting the newt in her glass of water?
Hortensia
Matilda
8
Who was the librarian who helped Matilda with her reading?
Mrs Phelps
Mrs Pheasant
Mrs Phearson
9
What was the name of Miss Honey's father?
Martin
Simon
Magnus
10
What is Miss Trunchbull's idea of the perfect school?
One with no children in it
Her school
11
What did Miss Trunchbull do when she saw Matilda's ghostly writing on the blackboard?
She ran away
She yelled
She fainted
12
What was Matilda's brother called?
Trevor
Michael
John
13
Why did Mr Wormwood call Matilda a cheat?
Because she was good at sums
Because she cheated at Monopoly
Because she told lies
14
Which did Miss Trunchbull think is worse:
A bad girl
A bad boy
15
What is Miss Trunchbull's first name?
Primrose
Agatha
Maggie
16
The book Matilda, was set in:
USA
Australia
United Kingdom
17
Who, according to Miss Trunchbull, should be kept out of sight in boxes like hairpins?
Matilda
Small people
18
Why did Matilda's family go abroad
Because Matilda's dad was wanted by the police
For a holiday
They won a raffle
19
Matilda had to get water from a well when she went to Miss Honey's house.
False
True
20
What was Matilda's surname?
Woodworm
Wood brook
Wormwood
21
How did Miss Trunchbull cheat Miss Honey out of her inheritance?
She forged her father's will
She ran away with the money
22
Where did Miss Honey live?
In her father's house
In a tiny cottage
In a flat
23
Which book by Charles Dickens did Matilda first read?
A Christmas Carol
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
24
How did Matilda suspect that Miss Honey's father died?
He killed himself
He had a heart attack
Miss Trunchbull murdered him
25
Why, according to Miss Honey, did Matilda's powers disappear?
She was now using all her brains in the top form
They ran out
She was no longer angry
26
Who is Miss Honey's aunt?
Matilda's mother
Miss Trunchbull
27
What did Matilda put in her dad's hair oil?
Grow-again hair tonic for bald men
Platinum blonde hair-dye
Glue
28
Who did Miss Truchbull call 'a witless weed, an ignorant little slug, a stupid glob of glue'?
Lavender
Rupert
29
What hairstyle did Miss Trunchbull like the least on little girls?
Pigtails
Bun
Ribbons
30
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
31
What punishment did Miss Trunchbull give Bruce Bogtrotter?
Put him in The Chokey
Forced him to eat an enormous cake
32
This character from the movie is:
Lavender
Miss Honey
Hortensia
33
What was the name of the Headmistress at Matilda's school?
Miss Trunchbull
Miss Caterpillar
Miss Bulldoze
34
Matilda was written by:
Charles Dickens
Morris Gleitzman
Roald Dahl
35
Why did Miss Trunchbull break a plate over Bruce Bogtrotter's head?
Because he succeeded in eating the cake
Because her cane was missing
36
What was Matilda's first miracle?
She wrote with the chalk
She toppled the glass of water and the newt over Miss T.
37
What was Matilda's third miracle?
She toppled another glass over
She wrote on the board with chalk
She made book float through the air
38
What did Matilda's mum do five afternoons a week?
Play bridge
Play bingo
Go bowling
39
Which of the following did Miss Trunchbull call Bruce Bogtrotter?
A poisonous pustule
A foul carbuncle
A blackhead
A miserable little gumboil
40
Matilda's good friend at school was Lavender.
True
False
41
What did Matilda use to stick her father's hat to his head?
Sellotape
Superglue
Gum
42
What was Miss Honey's family home called?
Trunchbull Hall
The Red House
The Pines
43
Who did Matilda confide in about her special power?
Miss Honey
Mrs Phelps
Her brother
Her mother
44
Where did Matilda's family eat their meals?
In the dining room
In front of the telly
In the kitchen
45
What was Miss Trunchbull once famous as?
A detective
A musician
An athlete
46
What happened to the car Miss Trunchbull bought from Matilda's dad?
It crashed
A wheel fell off
Its engine fell out
47
Why did Miss Honey visit Matilda's parents?
To tell them Matilda was expelled
To tell them Matilda was a brilliant child
To complain about Matilda
48
What did Miss Trunchbull accuse Matilda of doing on her first day at school?
Stealing a pencil
Putting a stinkbomb under the desk
Chewing gum
49
Who was Matilda's favourite teacher?
Mr Marmalade
Miss Honey
Mrs Mutton
50
What word could Eric Ink not spell?
Difficulty
What
Write
51
Miss Honey and Matilda went to Miss Trunchbull's house in the book.
False
True
52
Who did Miss Trunchbull call 'a festering gumboil, a fleabitten fungus, a bursting blister'?
Miss Honey
Wilfred
Matilda
53
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
54
Who put itching-powder in the Trunchbull's knickers?
Lavender
Hortensia
Matilda
55
What was The Chokey?
A chair
A sweet
A lock-up cupboard
56
What did Amanda Thripp get in trouble for?
Eating sweets
Her hairstyle
57
Why did Miss Honey have no money?
Miss Trunchbull took all her salary
She spent it at bingo
She was badly paid
58
Why did Matilda think Miss Honey was poor?
She ate margarine
She had no money
Her cottage was tiny
59
In the movie, Matilda used her powers to:
steal Miss Trunchbull's shotputs
steal back Miss Honey's Lucy doll.
steal Miss Honey's fathers portrait.
60
How did Miss Honey test Matilda's special power?
On a glass of water
On Lavender's lunch
On a piece of chalk
61
The 3 movie characters in the photo are:
Hortensia, Matilda and Nigel
Lavender, Matilda and Nigel
Lavender, Matilda and Bruce
62
Who put a newt in Miss Trunchbull's jug of water?
Lavender
Matilda
Bruce Bogtrotter
63
Why did Bruce Bogtrotter get into trouble?
He was cheating
He stole Miss Trunchbull's slice of cake.
64
Who thinks looks are more important than books?
Mrs Wormwood
Miss Trunchbull
Mrs Phelps
