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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Grand High Witch do to the mice on the platform in "The Recipe"?
(a) She kicks them.
(b) She puts them in a cage.
(c) She steps on them.
(d) She eats them.

2. What does the Grand High Witch say never happens to witches in "The Recipe"?
(a) They are never deceived.
(b) They are never killed.
(c) They are never caught.
(d) They are never married.

3. How many trunks of counterfeit money does the Grand High Witch say she has brought with her in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

4. What does the Grand High Witch order her subjects to do immediately upon returning to their home towns in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) To begin eating children.
(b) To divorce their husbands.
(c) To invest in mortgages.
(d) To resign from their jobs.

5. What is the man carrying when he comes to the narrator's grandmother's house in "The Grand High Witch"?
(a) A briefcase.
(b) A grocery bag.
(c) A heavy suitcase.
(d) A bread basket.

6. How does the narrator say "real witches" dress in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) In ordinary clothes.
(b) In black hats and cloaks.
(c) In top hats and suits.
(d) In suits of invisible armor.

7. About how tall is the woman on the platform described in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) 4'6".
(b) 6'.
(c) 5'9".
(d) 5'2".

8. How are the houses described that "real witches" live in, in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) Spooky.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Castles.
(d) All-black.

9. For how long must one boil the first ingredient of Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker in order to make it soft?
(a) Two days.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) Eight hours.

10. The narrator says in "My Grandmother" that his grandmother is the only grandmother he ever met that does what?
(a) Smokes cigars.
(b) Drives a car.
(c) Eats olives.
(d) Drinks Scotch.

11. What is the second thing the Grand High Witch tells her subjects to remove in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) Their masks.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their hats.
(d) Their gloves.

12. About how old is the woman who stands on the platform described as in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

13. What literary device is used in the following sentence from "A Note About Witches": "Then the witch stalks the wretched child like a hunter stalking a little bird in the forest"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Metaphor.

14. What is the woman on the platform wearing in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) A red mini-skirt.
(b) A flowery blue dress.
(c) A long black dress.
(d) A long white dress.

15. How long does the transformation last that is caused by "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) 36 seconds.
(b) Two minutes.
(c) 26 seconds.
(d) 10 seconds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator's grandmother from?

2. What is the name of the narrator's male pet mouse?

3. What is notable about a witch's feet, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

4. What literary device is illustrated in the following excerpt from "A Note About Witches": ". . . her mind will always be plotting and scheming and churning and burning and whizzing and phizzing"?

5. What is the first ingredient for the Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?

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