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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 response do Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have to the narrator's grandmother's story about Bruno in "Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Meet Bruno"?
(a) They give heed to her story.
(b) They ask to see Bruno in mouse form.
(c) They begin to weep.
(d) They believe she is mad.

2. What color are the narrator's grandmother's cigars?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

3. The narrator's grandmother tells him in "Hello Grandmamma," "You are still yourself in everything except" what?
(a) "Your mind."
(b) "Your appearance."
(c) "Your intelligence."
(d) "Your voice."

4. Where does the narrator run and hide after exiting the chef's trousers in "In the Kitchen"?
(a) Behind the garbage can.
(b) In a sack of apples.
(c) In a sack of oranges.
(d) In a sack of potatoes.

5. What does the narrator compare the smell of witches to in "The Mouse-Burglar"?
(a) The smell of rotten eggs.
(b) The smell of cooking bacon.
(c) The smell of dogs' droppings.
(d) The smell of a men's restroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator first go to hide when he enters the kitchen in "In the Kitchen"?

2. What are the two enemies that the narrator deduces mice have in "Bruno"?

3. For what time does the Grand High Witch say she has set the alarm clock for her demonstration in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

4. What word from the novel refers to a deep covered dish used for serving soup?

5. How many more chocolate bars did the Grand High Witch promise to the fat boy if he came to the meeting in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the narrator is discovered by the witches in "Metamorphosis"?

2. How does the narrator manage to escape the witches in "Metamorphosis"?

3. How does the Grand High Witch detail the witches' agenda in "The Ancient Ones"?

4. What do the narrator and Bruno decide to do next at the end of "Bruno"? Why?

5. Why does the Grand High Witch call on the elderly witches to raise their hands in "The Ancient Ones"?

6. How does the narrator infiltrate the Grand High Witch's hotel room in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

7. How do Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins respond to the narrator's grandmother's story in "Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Meet Bruno"?

8. What response does the narrator's grandmother receive when she places Bruno on the table before his parents in "Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Meet Bruno"?

9. What are the narrator's considerations about his tranformation into a mouse in "Bruno"?

10. Who is Bruno Jenkins? What are the narrator's opinions of this character?

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