Matilda Questions

Narrative Writing
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Reading Comprehension 1



Answer the questions in complete sentences.

1. What’s Matilda like?

Matilda is a little girl with short, brown,straight hair and brown eyes. She is very intelligent and shy; she has so many dreams and a incredible imagination.

2. What do Matilda’s parents think about her?

They think she is a stupid girland she is in a wrong way because she doesn’t like to read, she prefer to read books and study. They are very disappointed about their daughter and they don’t feel any love to her, they treat her veybad. They think she is just nuisance.

3. What does Matilda think about her parents?

She thinks that they are bad parents and she is very sad and angry because they are so rude with her. Shethinks that they are bad people because they only think in making money and cheat the other people.

4. Do Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood have the same feelings towards Matilda than they do towards Michael?Definitely no, they love their son Michael, they think he is so smart and amazing, because he doesn’t like to read, study, and he share the interests with their parents, he likes to watch tv and eatjunk food. They admire their stupid son Michael.

5. How come Matilda decided to go to the library by herself?

She decided to go to the library because at her home there were no more books toread and she wanted to read new books even more difficult than the others, so she thought that the best thing that she could do it was to go to the library and search for new books. Before that sheasked her father if he could bring her some new books, but he said “books? Why do you want books? Stupid girl don’t say that never!

6. What is Matilda’s dad’s business? How does he make money?

Heis a car seller, but he sells cars that are in bad conditions and in a very high price. He cheats people to earn money.

7. What would Matilda do to her parents every time they were beastly to her?...