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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. What does the Grand High Witch order her subjects to do before letting Bruno in, in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?
(a) To put on their wigs, shoes, and gloves.
(b) To take off their wigs, shoes, and gloves.
(c) To bring in the cat.
(d) To say an incantation and dance in a circle.

2. The narrator's grandmother tells him in "It’s Off to Work We Go!" that the people in the Grand High Witch's village perceived her as being what?
(a) A bank manager.
(b) A school principal.
(c) A wealthy Baroness.
(d) A nurse in a hospital.

3. The narrator's grandmother tells him that she called England to ask for the address of the person who had stayed in what room at the Hotel Magnificent in "It’s Off to Work We Go!"?
(a) 554.
(b) 295.
(c) 454.
(d) 445.

4. What is the answer to the problem of the witches being intelligent mice that the narrator devises in "It’s Off to Work We Go!"?
(a) Weasels.
(b) Mouse-traps.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Cats.

5. How are the houses described that "real witches" live in, in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Spooky.
(c) Castles.
(d) All-black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say he is happy when his grandmother tells him how long he can expect to live in "The Heart of a Mouse"?

2. What color mouse does Bruno become in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

3. What happened to the third child that the grandmother knew who was taken by witches?

4. What does the narrator's grandmother claim children should never do in "Hello Grandmamma," calling it a "dangerous habit."

5. What is Bruno's response when the narrator's grandmother asks him "Why on earth didn't you speak up and tell your father who you were?" in "The Plan"?

(see the answer key)

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