Matilda and what she can do is a phenomenon. A phenomenon is _______
What is someone or something that cannot easily be explained?
100
The thing Miss Trunchbull won't let Miss Honey have.
What is money?
100
What do you think really happened to Magnus (Miss Honey's father?)
What is ...Miss Trunchbull killed him?
100
How Miss Honey finally escaped her aunt.
What is...she bought a farmer's cottage?
200
Miss Honey's father.
Who is Magnus?
200
The crime of signing someone else's name, pretending to be that person is called _______.
What is forgery?
200
The thing that Miss Honey heats water with.
What is a Primus stove?
200
Why do you think Matilda asked Miss Honey about her first name and the names of her father and Miss Trunchbull?
What is ....because she wants to use the names to scare Miss Trunchbull? Play a trick on Miss Trunchbull?
200
The person responsible for Magnus' death.
Who is Miss Trunchbull?
300
Matilda's Aunt.
Who is Miss Trunchbull?
300
Matilda is very prococious for being such a young child. Prococious means ________.
What is knowledge or intelligence beyond one's age?
300
The thing that made Matilda think Miss Honey really must be poor.
What is margarine?
300
Miss Trunchbull says she was never a kid. Why do you think she says this? Do you think she ever was one?
Because she has always been physically big. Because she was bullied in school. Because her parents never loved her, etc.
300
Miss Honey has lived in her cottage for ___ years.
What is two years?
400
The poet Miss Honey quotes when she gets to her cottage.
Who is Dylan Thomas?
400
She worked BLITHELY, whistling as she worked. Blithely means _______.
What is cheerfully?
400
Name three things Miss Honey's cottage lacks.
What is a stove, furniture, butter, space, and a bathroom?
400
What do you think finally gave Miss Honey the courage to leave Miss Trunchbull?
What is ...she couldn't put up with it any more. She was getting older and stronger. She got a job. She was making some money. She could afford to leave.
400
What was Matilda's father's job?
What is a doctor?
500
Miss Trunchbull's first name.
Who is Agatha?
500
Miss Trunchbull often frightens others with threats or violence to intimidate them. What is another word for this?
What is cowed?
500
The thing Miss Trunchbull destroyed to keep Miss Honey from getting her father's house.
What is her father's will?
500
Why do you think Miss Honey confides in Matilda?
What is... Because Matilda is smart. Miss Honey thinks Matilda will understand her or even be able to help her. Because she doesn't know who else to turn to. Because she loves Matilda.
500
Mrs. Honey's cottage was like something straight out of a fairy tale. Name three fairy tales that are mentioned in the book.
What is Hansel & Gretel, Red Riding Hood, Seven Dwarfs, Three Bears.