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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. What is notable about a witch's feet, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) They are abnormally small.
(b) They look like cat's claws.
(c) They are abnormally large.
(d) They have no toes.

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

3. 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) 150.
(d) 65.

4. What is the name of the narrator's female pet mouse?
(a) Anna.
(b) Topsy.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Mary.

5. What is the ingredient in Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker that causes its delayed action?
(a) A pigeon brain.
(b) The wrong end of a telescope.
(c) An alarm clock.
(d) A dog collar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Grand High Witch do after announcing her plan to her subjects in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

2. What does the narrator say he does as the witches carry on in excitement in "The Recipe"?

3. 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"?

4. What is a person called that studies witches?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is notable about the way witches walk, according to the narrator's grandmother?

4. Why does the Grand High Witch express anger at her subjects at the meeting in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe the appearance and behavior of "real witches" in "A Note About Witches"?

8. Describe the narrator's grandmother. How old is she? Where does she live?

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

10. Why does the Grand High Witch tell her subjects to quit their jobs when they return home in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

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