Read the questions and choose the correct answer

1. Mr and Mrs Wormwood

   1.   ?    thought their children were wonderful
   2.   ?    were kind and loving parents
   3.   ?    didn't realize their daughter Matilda was clever -very clever

2. Matilda spent nearly every afternoon

   1.   ?    watching TV at home
   2.   ?    reading books in the library
   3.   ?    helping her father with his business

3. Mr Wormwood

   1.   ?    is a hard-working businessman
   2.   ?    is a dishonest car dealer
   3.   ?    sells new and second-hand cars

4. The Wormwood family always had their evening meal

   1.   ?    sitting at the table in the dining-room
   2.   ?    with their plates on their knees while they watched TV
   3.   ?    in the kitchen

5. One day when Mr Wormwood arrived home and found his daughter reading a book,

   1.   ?    he felt proud of her
   2.   ?    he shouted at her and pulled the pages out of her book
   3.   ?    he told her to watch his favourite TV programme with him

6. Matilda borrowed Fred's parrot

   1.   ?    to show her parents how well parrots could talk
   2.   ?    to entertain her parents and brother
   3.   ?    to teach her father a lesson

7. Matilda didn't start school until she was five and a half because

   1.   ?    her parents forgot to send her
   2.   ?    she didn't want to go to school
   3.   ?    her parents couldn't afford the school fees

8. Miss Honey

   1.   ?    didn't like Matilda
   2.   ?    was amazed by how much Matilda knew
   3.   ?    was annoyed to find out Matilda was so good at maths

9. Miss Trunchbull

   1.   ?    thinks Matilda's father is a nice man
   2.   ?    agrees that Matilda should be sent to the top group
   3.   ?    doesn't believe what Miss Honey tells her about Matilda

10. When Miss Honey went to see Matilda's parents

    1.   ?    they were delighted to hear Matilda was so clever
    2.   ?    they were annoyed because they wanted to watch their favourite TV programme
    3.   ?    Mr Wormwood invited her in and gave her his business card

11. The Chokey is

    1.   ?    a very small room
    2.   ?    Miss Trunchbull's office
    3.   ?    a piece of furniture in the Truchbull's room

12. What did Bogtrotter do?

    1.   ?    He ate some of the Trunchbull's special chocolate cake
    2.   ?    He put bad eggs under the Trunchbull's desk
    3.   ?    He put a newt in one of the Trunchbull's glasses

13. Miss Honey lives

    1.   ?    in a small cottage outside the village
    2.   ?    in a beautiful old house in the village
    3.   ?    in a small flat near the school

14. Miss Trunchbull is

    1.   ?    Miss Honey's step-mother
    2.   ?    an old friend of Miss Honey's father
    3.   ?    Miss Honey's aunt

15. After Miss Honey's father died,

    1.   ?    she inherited her father's house
    2.   ?    nobody could find his will
    3.   ?    she went to live with her grandmother

16. Miss Honey's father used to call the Trunchbull

    1.   ?    Jenny
    2.   ?    Magnus
    3.   ?    Agatha

17. After the Trunchbull read the message on the blackboard,

    1.   ?    she punished all the children in Miss Honey's class
    2.   ?    she left the village and the school for good
    3.   ?    she ran out of the classroom screaming and shouting

18. The Wormwoods are going to Spain

    1.   ?    becuase they like sunshine and warm weather
    2.   ?    but they don't want to take Matilda with them
    3.   ?    to run away from the police