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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Mr. Jenkins and His Son" – "It’s Off to Work We Go".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator ultimately get his grandmother to answer the hotel room door in "The Mouse-Burglar"?
(a) He pushes the doorbell.
(b) He makes the maid scream.
(c) He calls out to her.
(d) He sets off an alarm.

2. When Mr. Jenkins threatens to have his lawyers on the Grand High Witch, the narrator's grandmother warns him that he might be turned into what, in "Mr. Jenkins and His Son"?
(a) A cat.
(b) A frog.
(c) A cockroach.
(d) A statue.

3. Where is the castle that was home to the Grand High Witch, according to the narrator's grandmother in "It’s Off to Work We Go!"?
(a) Norway.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

4. 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"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

5. What is the name of the narrator's male pet mouse?
(a) Lief.
(b) Bruno.
(c) Paul.
(d) William.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ingredient in Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker that causes its delayed action?

2. What does the Grand High Witch instruct her subjects to fry the mouse tails in when making Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?

3. What does the Grand High Witch say she will do to the narrator when she sniffs him out in "The Recipe"?

4. What gives off the most ghastly stench to a witch, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

5. What excuse does the narrator's grandmother give for what is found on the Grand High Witch's balcony in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

(see the answer key)

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