Events 1
Mr. Wormwood was a car _____.
salesman
Ignorant little twit is an example of a _____.
metaphor
Complete this line.
"Even when their own child is the most disgusting little b_____...
blister
What is the name of the protagonist?
Matilda
True or False
Matilda taught herself to read by the age of three.
True
Mr. Wormwood said that s_____ is one of the great secrets of his success.
sawdust
Proud parents is an example of a_____.
alliteration
Complete the sentence.
"Fiona has the same glacial beauty as an _____."
iceberg
What is Matilda's surname?
Wormwood
The only book in the Wormwood's house was a recipe book called "Easy Cooking".
True.
Where did the Wormwood eat their dinners?
In front the telly
Matilda is brilliant.
Does the sentence above contain a literary device?
No.
The parents looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a s_____.
scab
What is Matilda's brother's name?
Michael
Who said these lines:
"You're getting spoiled, my girl!”
Mr. Wormwood.
Mrs. Wormwood's hair is p_____ blonde.
platinum
"A flaming book" contains one adjective
Yes.
Complete the sentence.
You are just an i_____ little squirt.
ignorant
What is the name of the librarian?
Mrs. Phelps
True or False
Mrs. Wormswood goes to Aylesbury every afternoon to play bingo.
True
Who says these lines?
“Supper is a family gathering and no one leaves the table till it’s over!”
Mr. Wormwood
This is an example of:
Mr Wormwood was a small ratty-looking man whose front teeth stuck out underneath a thin ratty moustache. He liked to wear jackets with large brightly-coloured checks and he sported ties that were usually yellow or pale green.
Sight imagery
Complete the sentence.
"Your son Wilfred has spent six years as a _____ in this school and we are still waiting for him to emerge from the _____."
1. grub
2. chrysalis
What is Mr. Wormwood's first name?
Harry
Name one book Matilda read from the library.
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronté
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Gone to Earth by Mary Webb
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest
Hemingway
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Animal Farm by George Orwell