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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Grand High Witch instruct her subjects to boil the tailless mice in when making Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?

2. What happened to the third child that the grandmother knew who was taken by witches?

3. What is the third thing the Grand High Witch tells her subjects to remove in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?

4. What is the second thing the Grand High Witch tells her subjects to remove in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator and protagonist of The Witches. How old is he? Where does he live?

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

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

4. Why do witches always wear wigs and gloves, according to the narrator's grandmother?

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

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

7. How does the narrator's grandmother describe the Secret Society of Witches in "The Grand High Witch"?

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

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

10. What happens when the strange woman approaches the narrator in "The Grand High Witch"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the narrator's actions, objectives, and obstacles when he goes to put the potion into the witches' food in the novel. How does the narrator get into the Kitchen and to the correct dish? How does he escape? What obstacles does he face?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of the narrator in The Witches. Why do you think this character remains unnamed in the novel? How did the narrator come to live with his grandmother? What relationship does he have with his grandmother?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of the narrator's grandmother's home in Norway. How large is the house that she lives in? How does the narrator feel about this setting? When does he go there?

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