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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What gives off the most ghastly stench to a witch, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) A clean child.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dirty child.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old is the woman who stands on the platform described as in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?

2. How long does the transformation last that is caused by "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

3. How are the houses described that "real witches" live in, in "A Note About Witches"?

4. The narrator says in "My Grandmother" that his grandmother is the only grandmother he ever met that does what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the witch who questions the Grand High Witch in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

2. What are the narrator's initial impressions of the women who enter the Banquet hall in "The Meeting"?

3. How does the narrator come to live with his grandmother?

4. What oddities does the narrator note about the women in the Banquet hall in "The Meeting"? How does he respond?

5. What role does Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker play in the Grand High Witch's plan?

6. Where do the narrator and his grandmother go in "Summer Holidays"? Why?

7. How does the Grand High Witch respond when she encounters the narrator's mice on the podium in "The Recipe"?

8. What happened to the five children that the grandmother describes who were taken by witches in "My Grandmother"?

9. What are the main ingredients described in "The Recipe"?

10. What is notable about witches from different countries, according to the narrator's grandmother in "The Grand High Witch"?

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