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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. Who is the third child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?
2. Grandma describes witches as being as bald as what in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
3. What is the name of the fifth child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?
4. 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?
5. 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"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to the five children that the grandmother describes who were taken by witches in "My Grandmother"?
2. Describe the narrator and protagonist of The Witches. How old is he? Where does he live?
3. What oddities does the narrator note about the women in the Banquet hall in "The Meeting"? How does he respond?
4. What is notable about the way witches walk, according to the narrator's grandmother?
5. Why do witches always wear wigs and gloves, according to the narrator's grandmother?
6. What are the main ingredients described in "The Recipe"?
7. How does the Grand High Witch respond when she encounters the narrator's mice on the podium in "The Recipe"?
8. What is notable about witches from different countries, according to the narrator's grandmother in "The Grand High Witch"?
9. Why does the Grand High Witch tell her subjects to quit their jobs when they return home in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
10. What does the Grand High Witch order her subjects to do after she has ensured the door is locked in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the qualities of a "real witch." What are the distinctions that the narrator's grandmother makes for how to determine if a woman is a witch or not? Which of these distinctions is the most obvious? Which is the hardest to determine?
Essay Topic 2
Why do the narrator and his grandmother return to England? Where do they live when they return to England? How is this setting described? What are the narrator's feelings about returning to England?
Essay Topic 3
How does the narrator's grandmother react when she discovers what has happened to her grandson? What information does the narrator relate to his grandmother regarding the events of the meeting? What plan do they develop?
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