1.Write/Draw a character sketch of Matilda (60 words)
2. Describe each character with following adjectives: Crooked, Brave, Polite, Helpful, Irresponsible,
Passionate reader, Insensitive, Sweet.
1. Matilda
2. Trunchbull (Principal)
3. Mr.Wormwood (Father)
4. Mrs Wormwood (Mother)
5. Librarian (Mrs Phelp)
6. Bruce Bogtrotter (Friend who ate cake)
7. Ms Honey (Teacher)
8. Amanda Thripp (friend with pink tails)
3. Why did Mrs. Phelps (librarian)watch Matilda with surprise and excitement?
4. Memory: write name of atleast 1 book Matilda read.
5. Which life skills did you learnt from them :-
1. Matilda: _____________________
2. Ms Honey: _________________________
3. Bruce:
6. Say true or false: § Matilda glued her father’s hat. § Mrs Wormwood thinks 2 persons outside, across the street are cops. § Matilda doesn’t look at the pictures in the book. § Mrs Wormwood went to play bingo since Matilda was 2 years old. § Mrs Honey taught Matilda to multiply large numbers. § Matilda asked Mr Wormwood, to buy her car toy when she was 3. § Matilda’s father buys and sells cars. § Mrs Trunchbull liked to keep classroom colourful.
7. Write how did you feel when:
a. Trunchbull catches Wilfred’s feet in her hands?
b. Nigel (friend with specks)pours water over Miss Trunchbull?
c. Miss Honey gets her house back
d. Mr and Mrs Wormwood let Matilda live with Miss Honey.
e. When Ms Honey reveal that Trunchbull is her aunt.
f. Mrs Wormwood doesn’t take care of Matilda and doesn’t listen to her when she tries to tell
about her day at school.
g. When Wormwoods live Matilda when she is 2 yrs to get busy in silly things
Answers
Answer:
Matilda is the young and beautiful wife of Mr.Loisel, a clerk in the board of Education. She is proud of her elegant beauty. She is unhappy with her poor lot. She thinks she is a victim of social injustice and irony of fate. She is unhappy with her husband’s small house and old furniture. She feels she has been deprieved of the comforts which she might have enjoyed by marrying a rich man.
lIn short she is sick and ashamed of her present miserable life. But all this does not mean that she does not love her husband. Of course she loves him deeply though much of the credit for this love goes to the husband. He does his best tomake her as happy as he can afford. Matilda is a simple, child like immature girl until she finds her self face to face with the bitter consequences of her folly. The loss of the necklace proves a turning point in the development of her character. It makes her a careful and responsible woman. Her grumbling over the poor lot of her husband gives way to respect and gratitude for his tolerance and generosity. Matilda thus plays two different roles in the story. Before the loss of the necklace she is a thoughtless, ungrateful, proud beauty, unhappy with the poverty of her husband. After the loss she becomes a mature, humble and grateful wife who can gladly sacrifice every pleasure to get her husband out of his financial misery. This change in her character makes her a lovable character in spite of all her faults and follies.