Chapter 1 - Matilda

According to the author who are worse: doting parents or parents who take no interest in their children?

• Doting parents

• Parents who take no interest

What is the name of Matilda's brother?

• Michael

• Martin

• Mark

Who was the most intelligent of siblings?

• Michael

• Matilda

By the time she was three, Matilda had taught herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines that lay around the house.

• True

• False

At home Matilda had hundreds of interesting books.

• True

• False

Every afternoon Matilda's mother went out to play bingo.

• True

• False

Mrs Phelps was a ________

• doctor

• librarian

• teacher

What was the first grown-up book Mrs Phelps recommended to Matilda?

• Animal Farm

• Oliver Twist

• Great Expectations