Vocabulary (Nouns)
A student in school.
What is a pupil.
Extremely surprising or impressive.
What is astonishing.
What was Miss Trunchbull's job?
What is headmistress.
Which sound did they hear at the end of class?
What is a bell.
What simile is on page 66?
What is "Her body was so slim and fragile one got the feeling that if she fell over she would smash into a thousand pieces, like a porcelain figure".
The desire to do something.
What does enraged mean?
What is very angry;furious.
What kind of math problems did Matilda solve for Miss Honey?
What is multiplication.
Why did Matilda start school later than the other students?
What is Matilda's parents had forgotten to arrange for Matilda to go to school.
How did Matilda know Miss Honey's first name?
What is she heard another teacher calling her by her first just before the they came in.
What is a limerick?
What is a type of poem.
Chosen wisely; likely to be beneficial.
What is sensible.
What did Matilda make up for Miss Honey?
What is a limerick.
Why was Miss Honey Surprised by Matilda?
What is Miss Honey was surprised that Matilda was so smart.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Put these events in order from 1-7.
Matilda told Miss Honey the answer to 14 times 19.
Miss Honey handed an exercise book to each pupil.
The bell rang for the end of class.
Nigel spelled the word cat.
Matilda started attending Crunchem Hall Primary School.
Matilda recited the two times table for Miss Honey.
Matilda recited a limerick about Miss Honey.
What is a supreme commander?
What is the head person in charge.
What does primary mean?
What is the earliest in time or order of development.
Which author made Matilda laugh a lot?
What is Charles Dickens.
Why didn't Miss Honey pay attention to the other students in class?
What is Miss Honey spent the class testing Matilda's amazing abilities.
How did Miss Honey say about Miss Trunchbull to the class?
She is very strict, likes things a certain way and does not budge.
A feeling of confusion.
What is bewilderment.
cold and miserable
What is bleak.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What were three things Matilda did that impressed Miss Honey?
1. She new how multiply large numbers.
2. She was able to read and define words at an advanced level.
3. She made up her own limerick.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What did Matilda think was the one problem with C.S. Lewis' books?
What is Matilda though there were no funny bits in C.S. Lewis' books.
How did Miss Honey describe Matilda in her head?
What is mathematical brain, child-genius and prodigy went flitting through her head.