The Twits

Q1. Children and dogs and houses bloom

like crowded flowers,

This is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Q2. On the way up north to the cabin,

the sunshine sits in my lap all morning.

This is an example of:

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Q3. Dawn is like a seed

that will grow into daylight.

This is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Q4. The river spills over rocks and whispers to me-

Kawishiwee...Kawishiwee-

and rushes on to anywhere.

This is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Q5. Like a house on stilts,

a bull moose stands in the shallows.

This is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Which character would have said this quote?

"I never go hungry, since my beard serves as a sort of food storage."

• Mrs. Twit

• Mr. Twit

• Muggle Wump

• Roly-Poly Bird

Which character would have said this quote?

"I would be very glad to be rid of my spouse."

• Mrs. Twit

• Mr. Twit

• Muggle Wump

• Roly- Poly Bird

I suspected that my brothers were secretly_______an April Fools' prank.

• billowed

• plotting

• revolting

• gaped

I told my ______little brother to stop following me around and asking me so many questions.

• nosy

• wretched

• solemn

• distinctly

To what does the author compare the Twits' home?

• a hut

• a prison

• a store

• a church