Chapters 7 and 8 Miss Honey/Miss Trunchbull

The children in Miss Honey’s class were asked to

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

Miss Honey wrote: I have already begun to read long sentences.

• Lavender could read it

• Nigel read it fairly well

• Matilda could read it with no problem at all.

Matilda could read most things but

• Difficult words she struggled with occasionally.

• She struggled with the meanings of difficult words.

• She had no problem with difficult words at all.

Matilda was not sure of the meaning of

• The word epicure

• She explained the meaning

• She explained the meaning of the verse and could say it was a Limerick.

Matilda then made up a Limerick about

• Her father

• Her teacher, Jenny

• Her school friends.

Miss Honey went to the Headmistress’s office

• To discuss Matilda’s progress

• Matilda’s family

• The car Miss Trunchbull had bought from Matilda’s father.

Miss Trunchbull said

• Mr Wormwood was an excellent person and a pillar of society

• A good salesman

• Mr Wormwood was a good salesman and a clever man.

Matilda was blamed by Miss Trunchbull for

• Placing a stinkbomb in the toilets

• Placing a stinkbomb under the headmistress’s desk

• Placing a stinkbomb in the library.

Miss Honey did not leave the office until she had

• Told Miss Trunchbull that Matilda was a genius

• Matilda could do arithmetic

• Matilda should be taken out of her form and placed immediately in the top form.

Miss Trunchbull

• Did not agree

• Agreed

• Partially agreed with Miss Honey