The Twits KS2 Quiz (With Answers)

Q1 of 45

Why does Mr Twit have such a horrible beard?

• He grew it to frighten people
• It is full of old food he has never cleaned out
• It was a prize-winning beard
• He never washes it

Q2 of 45

What trick does Mrs Twit play on Mr Twit using a glass eye?

• She puts it in his beer
• She hides it in his soup
• She leaves it on his pillow
• She throws it at him

Q3 of 45

What is Hugtight Glue?

• An extremely strong glue that Mr Twit puts on the tree to catch birds
• A new invention
• A type of jam
• A special sweet

Q4 of 45

What do the Muggle-Wumps (monkeys) have to do all day?

• Sit in cages
• Stand on their heads because Mr Twit makes them practise his upside-down circus act
• Collect food for the Twits
• Perform tricks for visitors

Q5 of 45

What is Mrs Twit's trick involving worms in spaghetti?

• She replaces all the spaghetti with worms
• She adds extra worms to Mr Twit's spaghetti without telling him
• She makes worm spaghetti for a bet
• She tricks him into buying worms

Q6 of 45

How do the monkeys communicate with the birds?

• They cannot communicate
• They use sign language
• The Roly-Poly Bird translates for them
• They can speak the same language

Q7 of 45

What do the monkeys and birds do to get revenge on the Twits?

• They run away
• They trap them in a cage
• They glue all the furniture to the ceiling so everything is upside down
• They bring humans to rescue them

Q8 of 45

What happens to the Twits at the very end?

• They shrink inward and disappear
• They are arrested
• They are taken to prison
• They move away

Q9 of 45

What does Dahl say at the start about people who have 'ugly thoughts'?

• Their ugliness shows in their face, no matter how good-looking they once were
• They become unhappy
• They never change
• They become kind eventually

Q10 of 45

What kind of pie does Mr Twit like?

• Bird Pie — made from the birds he catches on the tree
• Worm Pie
• Rat Pie
• Spider Pie

Q11 of 45

What does Mrs Twit do to make Mr Twit feel tall?

• She moves the furniture lower
• She gives him special medicine
• She builds up his shoes
• She cuts bits off his walking stick so he shrinks, but convinces him he is growing taller

Q12 of 45

How does Mr Twit trick young boys with his beard?

• He hides sweets in it
• He frightens them
• He catches boys in it like a net
• He pretends to be a wizard

Q13 of 45

What is the Roly-Poly Bird?

• A magical talking bird from Africa who helps the monkeys escape
• Mr Twit's pet
• A type of pigeon
• A toy

Q14 of 45

What do the Muggle-Wumps do to the birds to warn them not to land on the tree?

• They make a sign
• They cover the glue with leaves
• They wave their arms at the birds flying in to land
• They shout at them

Q15 of 45

Where are the Muggle-Wump monkeys originally from?

• Australia
• India
• Africa
• South America

Q16 of 45

How does Mrs Twit trick Mr Twit into thinking he is shrinking?

• She moves all the furniture up slightly so he looks smaller
• She secretly shortens all his trousers
• She tells him the doctor said he has a shrinking disease
• She puts extra pieces on his walking stick and chair legs each night so he seems shorter by comparison

Q17 of 45

What revenge does Mrs Twit take using her glass eye?

• She hides it in Mr Twit's shoe
• She uses it to spy on him
• She throws it at him during an argument
• She places it in his beer mug so he finds it staring at him

Q18 of 45

How do the Twits catch birds for Bird Pie?

• They use nets hidden in the garden
• They leave poisoned grain for the birds
• They use the Muggle-Wumps to chase birds towards them
• They coat the branches of their tree with sticky glue

Q19 of 45

Who are the Muggle-Wumps and what is their situation?

• Escaped zoo animals living in their garden
• Wild monkeys who have chosen to live nearby
• A family of monkeys kept as prisoners, forced to practise circus tricks upside down
• Magical creatures the Twits caught in Africa

Q20 of 45

How do the birds help the Muggle-Wumps get their revenge?

• The birds distract the Twits while the monkeys escape
• The birds carry them over the garden wall
• The birds carry a message for help to a nearby town
• The birds warn the monkeys about the glue and they cover all the Twits' furniture and belongings with it, turning it upside down

Q21 of 45

What is 'The Shrinks' and what causes it?

• A side effect of sleeping upside down for too long
• A magic spell cast by the Muggle-Wumps
• The Twits believe they are shrinking and stand on their heads
• A disease that makes people grow shorter each year

Q22 of 45

What does Mr Twit keep in his horrible beard?

• Secret notes about his tricks on Mrs Twit
• Money he is hiding from Mrs Twit
• Old food scraps including sardines, cheese and cornflakes
• Stolen jewellery from his past

Q23 of 45

What does Dahl say about the connection between ugliness and character?

• That appearance and character are completely unrelated
• That kindness and beauty always go together
• That unkind thoughts fill a face with nastiness over time
• That ugly people are usually kind on the inside

Q24 of 45

Why do the Twits spend all day playing horrible tricks on each other?

• They enjoy the game and see it as entertainment
• They were cursed to torment each other by a witch
• They are competing to see who can win the most tricks
• They genuinely hate each other but have nothing else to do

Q25 of 45

What does the animals' eventual victory show?

• That cooperation between species can achieve anything
• That patience is the most powerful weapon against bullies
• That cruelty always creates its own defeat
• That animals are cleverer than humans

Q26 of 45

What makes the Twits equally unpleasant despite their constant fighting?

• They both bully the same animals and children
• They are both cruel, selfish and mean
• They both cheat in their tricks rather than playing fair
• They are both physically enormous

Q27 of 45

How does Dahl use the Muggle-Wumps to create sympathy in the reader?

• By giving them individual names and personalities
• By showing them as powerless, trapped and forced into something humiliating
• By having them speak directly to the reader
• By making them cleverer than both the Twits combined

Q28 of 45

What is the effect of the story ending with the Twits simply disappearing?

• It suggests the monkey magic was more powerful than expected
• It implies the story might not be finished yet
• It leaves an unsatisfying question about what really happened
• It feels like the right end for characters who were defined by absence of goodness

Q29 of 45

Why is this story often considered one of Dahl's most straightforwardly funny?

• Because it has the most plot twists of any Dahl book
• Because the animal characters provide constant comic relief
• Because both characters are equally awful and the gross humour works both ways
• Because the story is very short and fast-paced

Q30 of 45

What warning does Dahl include for readers at the very start of the book?

• That the tricks in the story should not be tried at home
• That if you have good thoughts it shows in your face and makes you beautiful
• That the Twits are based on real people
• That the story is not suitable for the faint-hearted

Q31 of 45

Dahl opens with a meditation on how ugly thoughts make ugly faces. Is this a fair moral, or does it oversimplify human character?

• It is a poetic truth rather than a literal one
• Ugly people are always bad
• It is entirely true
• Dahl was right literally, a reading that locates the novel's meaning in its historical and personal context rather than in its literary structure

Q32 of 45

How does the novel use physical disgust (dirty beards, horrible food) to create moral revulsion? Is this a legitimate literary technique?

• Disgusting details are wrong
• adults use this technique, and
• Connecting physical repulsiveness with moral ugliness is a long literary tradition. For children, the visceral disgust is highly effective at signalling moral judgement before the characters act
• It is just gross

Q33 of 45

The Twits are equally horrible to each other and to the animals. What does their mutual cruelty suggest about the nature of truly horrible relationships?

• They secretly love each other
• The Twits are trapped in mutual cruelty
• Mr Twit is worse
• They are just funny together

Q34 of 45

How does the revenge plot — where the animals outsmart the humans — subvert the human-animal hierarchy? What is Dahl saying about intelligence and power?

• Animals are smarter than humans
• The animals were lucky
• Intelligence and co-operation defeat brute power
• It is just funny

Q35 of 45

The ending — where the Twits literally shrink into themselves — is deeply surreal. What might this physical 'disappearing' represent metaphorically?

• Dahl ended it quickly, and
• The Dreaded Shrinks represent the self-destructive nature of pure nastiness
• It is just a fantasy ending
• It was magic

Q36 of 45

The Twits is one of Dahl's shortest books and has almost no plot beyond pranks and one revenge plan. Is simplicity a strength or weakness here?

• Simplicity is the point
• Simple books are for young children, and
• Simplicity is a weakness
• It needed more plot

Q37 of 45

How do the Muggle-Wumps' captivity and forced performance relate to real issues of exploitation and animal welfare?

• Animals don't have feelings like this
• The monkeys represent genuine exploitation
• They are just comic animals
• It is just fiction

Q38 of 45

Mrs Twit is, in some ways, just as bad as Mr Twit. How does Dahl's equal-opportunity disgust for both Twits avoid gender bias?

• By making both Twits equally horrible, Dahl avoids placing blame on one gender
• Mrs Twit is clearly worse
• Gender doesn't matter in the book
• Mr Twit is worse

Q39 of 45

The pranks the Twits play on each other escalate throughout the book. What narrative effect does this escalation create?

• Escalation creates comic momentum
• The pranks are all the same
• Escalation is padding, and
• It gets repetitive

Q40 of 45

Quentin Blake's illustrations show the Twits as grotesque but also somehow pathetic. How do the visuals complement and extend the text?

• The illustrations are separate
• Blake's grotesque but also slightly pitiable Twits add complexity
• The pictures are funny, and
• Blake drew them too nice

Q41 of 45

The Roly-Poly Bird is from Africa and speaks multiple languages. What does this character add in terms of diversity and the idea that the outside world is kinder than the Twits' world?

• He was needed for the plot, a reading that locates the novel's meaning in its historical and personal context rather than in its literary structure
• The Roly-Poly Bird represents the wider, freer world beyond the Twits' horrible domain
• He is just a helpful character
• He is a type of real bird

Q42 of 45

Dahl says that if you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face 'like sunbeams.' How does this idealistic statement function within a book that is fundamentally anarchic and subversive?

• The book is not anarchic
• The statement creates a simple moral framework that the rest of the book joyfully demolishes through revenge and chaos
• Dahl meant it literally, a reading that locates the novel's meaning in its historical and personal context rather than in its literary structure
• It is straightforward moralising

Q43 of 45

Why might Dahl have chosen to have the animals — not humans — rescue the situation? What does this suggest about the failings of human society in the novel?

• Humans were busy
• Humans couldn't help
• The animals were clever enough
• No human intervenes to help the monkeys

Q44 of 45

How does The Twits function as a cautionary tale about marriage and relationships? What kind of partnership does Dahl implicitly contrast it against?

• The Twits love each other really
• By showing a relationship defined entirely by cruelty and mutual contempt, Dahl implicitly models the opposite
• All marriages are difficult
• It is just a funny story

Q45 of 45

The novel has almost no sympathetic adult characters. What does this consistent pattern across Dahl's work tell us about his intended audience and narrative purpose?

• Adults are irrelevant in children's books
• Dahl didn't like adults
• He forgot to add nice adults, a reading that locates the novel's meaning in its historical and personal context rather than in its literary structure
• Dahl writes for children's pleasure and empowerment