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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 is Bruno wearing when he enters the Ballroom in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

2. When does the narrator describe seeing a trapeze artist in "In the Kitchen"?

3. What is Bruno eating when the narrator finds him in the ballroom in "Bruno"?

4. What does the narrator's grandmother order to drink before her dinner in "In the Kitchen"?

5. What does the narrator's grandmother use to bandage his wound in "In the Kitchen"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator escape the kitchen in "In the Kitchen"?

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

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

5. Where does the narrator find the vials in the Grand High Witch's room in "The Mouse-Burglar"? How does he obtain one of the vials?

6. What does the narrator note about the frogs he encounters in the Grand High Witch's room in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

7. How does the narrator describe his mission in "The Plan"?

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

9. How does the narrator's grandmother respond when she sees his transformed appearance in "Hello Grandmamma"?

10. How does the narrator manage to get the Mouse-Maker into the correct pot in "In the Kitchen"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the narrative style of The Witches. Why do you think the author chooses to relate the novel from a first-person perspective? How would the story change if it were related from a third-person narrator? Is the story related in the past or present tense? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator's grandmother in The Witches. How old is the narrator's grandmother? Where does she live? How does this character differ from other grandmothers for the narrator?

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