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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "A Note About Witches" – "Summer Holidays".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's grandmother say a real witch is certain to always be wearing in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) A pointy hat.
(b) Spiked heels.
(c) Gloves.
(d) A black cape.

2. The narrator's grandmother tells him in "My Grandmother" that she knows of no less than how many children that have disappeared and been taken by the witches?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

3. Grandma describes witches as being as bald as what in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) A baby.
(b) An old man.
(c) A boiled egg.
(d) A cucumber.

4. What is the name of the fourth child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?
(a) Ranghild Hansen Ranghild.
(b) Lief.
(c) Bruno Jenkins.
(d) Harold.

5. Approximately how many "real witches" exist in England today, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many encounters with witches does the narrator describe having before he was eight years old in "My Grandmother"?

2. Where did the second child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches end up?

3. What does the narrator's grandmother say American witches are capable of making grown-ups do in "The Grand High Witch"?

4. What does a "real witch" spend all her time plotting, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?

5. What gives off the most ghastly stench to a witch, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

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