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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Mouse-Burglar" – "In the Kitchen".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the fourth child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?
(a) Harold.
(b) Lief.
(c) Ranghild Hansen Ranghild.
(d) Bruno Jenkins.

2. What are the witches ordered to buy after returning to their home towns in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) Coffee shops.
(b) Bakeries.
(c) Sweet-shops.
(d) Schools.

3. What happened to the third child that the grandmother knew who was taken by witches?
(a) She turned into a frog.
(b) She turned into a porpoise.
(c) She turned into a chicken.
(d) She turned into stone.

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?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. What does the narrator's grandmother say she gave Bruno to eat to keep him busy when the narrator returns to the table in "In the Kitchen"?
(a) An apple.
(b) A piece of steak.
(c) A roll.
(d) A banana.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What does the narrator's grandmother say a real witch is certain to always be wearing in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

3. What does the narrator's grandmother say the pupils of a witch's eye will do?

4. What color is the magical formula called "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

5. At what time does the Grand High Witch receive a knock at the door from the ancient ones in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

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