Answer: Michael
Michael is Matilda's older brother. He is preferred by Mr. Wormwood rather than Matilda.
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Answer: a newt
She put the newt in her pencil box and lined it with seaweed. This was just before the Chapter "The First Miracle".
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Answer: Mike
Matilda lived with her father, mother, and older brother, Mike (whose full name was Michael). Her father ran a used-car company, her mother enjoyed playing Bingo, whilst Mike was the favored child, which was just fine by Matilda. That left her to do what she wanted to do - anything she wanted.
From Quiz: Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
Answer: Miss Honey
Miss Honey is really surprised when Matilda answers all her questions.
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Answer: One
It was called 'Easy Cooking' and it belonged to Matilda's mother.
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Answer: Mrs. Phelps
At first Mrs. Phelps did not believe that Matilda would be able to read at her age, but then she was convinced after seeing Matilda with a book every afternoon in the library.
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Answer: Wormwood
If you didn't know this question, you probably won't do too well on the rest of the quiz. Matilda Wormwood is the brave little heroine of the book who uses her intelligence to get back at adults who mistreat her.
From Quiz: Matilda Trivia
Answer: Miss Trunchbull
Miss Trunchbull is also the headmistress of Matilda's school.
From Quiz: Matilda
Answer: over age five
Matilda went to school late because her parents wouldn't let her go earlier.
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Answer: A parrot
Matilda wanted to get back at her parents for being mean to her, so she decided to play tricks on them. One involved borrowing a neighbor's pet parrot and hiding it up the chimney. That way, whenever Matilda's parents would come into the living room, they would hear a voice coming out of (seemingly) nowhere, saying "hello, hello, hello!" or "rattle my bones!".
From Quiz: Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
Answer: Superglue
This was to repay him for shouting at her when she asked if she could eat her dinner in another room.
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Answer: 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens
Mrs. Phelps chose it for four year old Matilda and Matilda loved it. Charles Dickens became one of her favourite authors because he wrote so beautifully and made her laugh.
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Answer: 3
Matilda taught herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines around the house. At the age of four she could read fast and well. By this time she had a library card and checked out many classics like "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.
From Quiz: Matilda Trivia
Answer: Lavender
Matilda tells Lavender how she tricked her parents several times, resulting in the two girls' friendship.
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Answer: Great Expectations
Mrs. Phelps gave it to her after Matilda had read all the picture books.
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Answer: Amanda
A girl made the mistake of wearing her long hair in plaits. Miss Trunchbull hated plaits, so she threw poor Amanda across the yard by her plaits. Luckily Amanda wasn't hurt, but that's when Matilida realized how evil Miss Trunchbull could be.
From Quiz: Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
Answer: 4303 pounds 50 pence
Mr Wormwood asked Michael to add up how much he made but Matilda answered it first.
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Answer: Oil of violets hair tonic
Matilda swapped it for her mother's hair dye and her father ended up with platinum blonde hair.
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Answer: Bingo
Five days a week Mrs. Wormwood left Matilda alone at home to play bingo. In the meantime Matilda learned to read and was enjoying classic books.
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Answer: "Great Expectations"
"Great Expectations" is written by Charles Dickens and is a wonderful book. It was also made into a pretty good movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
From Quiz: Matilda Trivia
Answer: a newt
Lavender also wants to play trick like Hortensia and Matilda, so she takes a newt from her pond and keeps it in her pencil case until the class.
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Answer: one
They had one and it was called "Easy Cooking".
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Answer: There weren't any funny parts
Miss Honey and Matilda spent the first day of school discussing various books. Matilda commented that she thought C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were very fine writers, but didn't include enough funny bits in their works. C.S. Lewis wrote "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe", and J.R.R. Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings".
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Answer: Matilda's family
Matilda was to go as well but Miss Honey adopted her.
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Answer: Sawdust
He mixed sawdust with oil in the gearbox, so that the car does not rattle when the buyer purchases it. However, the ruse is found very soon because it stops working after 100 miles or so. Mr. Wormwood also changes the mileage so he could sell the cars better.
From Quiz: Matilda
Answer: glued his hat
"Mr. Wormwood didn't notice anything when he put the hat on, but when he arrived at the garage he couldn't get it off." Quite a clever girl that Matilda is. (In the movie, she also had previously bleached his hair.)
From Quiz: Matilda Trivia
Answer: Crunchem Hall
Miss Trunchbull is only the headmistress there. Miss Honey is Matilda's teacher at Crunchem Hall.
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Answer: Miss Honey
She was nice to her and understood her, unlike Matilda's parents.
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Answer: The Chokey
The Chokey was a cabinet that was exactly the size of a child. It had bits of broken glass in it so that if you leaned back at all, or forward, you would get poked and cut up. It forced you to stand up straight, at attention, for as long as you were in there. Miss Trunchbull used it to punish children.
From Quiz: Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
Answer: wot
Ms Trunchbull got very angry when Eric spelt the word "what" wrong.
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Answer: A slice of chocolate cake
Miss Trunchbull made him eat a whole extra large chocolate cake as a punishment.
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Answer: Hortensia
Hortensia tells Matilda and Lavender about The Chokey, where she was six times. She tells the stories about her pouring Golden Syrup on Miss Trunchbull's chair and putting itching-powder in Trunchbull's knickers.
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Answer: car salesman
He sells used cars by making them look better than they really are. The cars eventually break down on the people who bought them. Mrs. Trunchbull is one of his victims and the incident just gives her another reason to hate Matilda.
From Quiz: Matilda Trivia
Answer: sawdust
Mr. Wormwod, who is Matilda's unpleasant father, cheats people by selling used cars, making them look brand new.
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Answer: Play bingo
Her mom played bingo while Matilda was at home. She should have gone to school by then, but her parents would not let her.
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Answer: Bread and margarine
Matilda went for tea at Miss Honey's small cottage, which Miss Honey rented at ten pence per week. Miss Honey could only afford few food items; milk, tea, bread and margarine.
From Quiz: Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
Answer: Chokey
Many students have been in it before. Some for even one whole day.
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Answer: A newt
She did it to prove that she was brave enough to play tricks on Miss Trunchbull.
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Answer: Throwing the hammer
She used to throw the hammer, which Hortensia explains is a cannon ball on the end of a wire that weights about as much as a small boy. Miss Trunchbull seems to have a habit of lifting and throwing children around.
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Answer: Trunchbull
She is really mean and hates little kids, she even threw one girl by her pigtails.
From Quiz: Matilda Trivia