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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 calls out to her.
(b) He sets off an alarm.
(c) He pushes the doorbell.
(d) He makes the maid scream.

2. What is the name of the narrator's female pet mouse?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Topsy.
(c) Mary.
(d) Anna.

3. What does a "real witch" spend all her time plotting, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) How to get rid of all the adults in her territory.
(b) How to get rid of the children in her territory.
(c) How to obtain magical potions.
(d) How to rise to the throne of the Grand High Witch.

4. The narrator's grandmother tells him in "Hello Grandmamma," "You are still yourself in everything except" what?
(a) "Your mind."
(b) "Your intelligence."
(c) "Your voice."
(d) "Your appearance."

5. What is notable about a witch's feet, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) They are abnormally small.
(b) They have no toes.
(c) They are abnormally large.
(d) They look like cat's claws.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator tell his grandmother the witches are pretending to be in "Hello Grandmamma"?

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

4. How many more chocolate bars did the Grand High Witch promise to the fat boy if he came to the meeting in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

5. Who is the third child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?

(see the answer key)

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