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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in "A Note About Witches" that this story is NOT what?
(a) A true story.
(b) A drama.
(c) A fairy tale.
(d) A mythology.

2. About how many women are in attendance at the meeting, according to the narrator's assessment, at the Hotel Magnificent?
(a) 300.
(b) 200.
(c) 65.
(d) 150.

3. 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) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What does the Grand High Witch's audience do after her song in "The Recipe"?
(a) They clap and shout.
(b) They burst into tears.
(c) They sit silently.
(d) They run from the room.

5. What does the narrator consider to be his only hope in "The Recipe"?
(a) The fact that Bruno is with him.
(b) The fact that he has his mice with him.
(c) The fact that he has not bathed for days.
(d) The fact that he is wearing a costume.

6. Who is the third child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?
(a) Birgit Svenson.
(b) Harold.
(c) Lief.
(d) Ranghild Hansen Ranghild.

7. Where is the narrator's grandmother from?
(a) France.
(b) Norway.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

8. Where does the narrator say his father owned a business in "My Grandmother"?
(a) Norway.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) France.

9. Who presumably will "bump off the stinking little children," according to the Grand High Witch's plan in "The Recipe"?
(a) Their teachers.
(b) The police.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Other children.

10. 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.

11. What is the name of the narrator's male pet mouse?
(a) Bruno.
(b) Lief.
(c) William.
(d) Paul.

12. What is a person called that studies witches?
(a) A witchologist.
(b) A witchintigist.
(c) A witch doctor.
(d) A witchophile.

13. What does the Grand High Witch describe children as smelling like in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) Rotten eggs.
(b) Rotting fruit.
(c) Jasmine flowers.
(d) Dogs' droppings.

14. What are the witches ordered to buy after returning to their home towns in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) Schools.
(b) Coffee shops.
(c) Sweet-shops.
(d) Bakeries.

15. What happened to the fifth child the grandmother describes who was taken by witches?
(a) He turned into a chicken.
(b) He turned into a frog.
(c) He turned into stone.
(d) He turned into a porpoise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "The Recipe" means smug or braggartly?

2. What does the Grand High Witch do to the mice on the platform in "The Recipe"?

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

4. 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"?

5. About how old was the first of the children that was taken by the witches that the narrator's grandmother knew?

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