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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "A Note About Witches" – "Summer Holidays".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was the first child that the narrator's grandmother knew who was taken by the witches?
(a) Solveg Christiansen.
(b) Ranghild Hansen Ranghild.
(c) Birgit Svenson.
(d) Lief.

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

5. How old was the fifth child that the narrator's grandmother knows of when he was taken by witches?
(a) Five.
(b) 12.
(c) Nine.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the fourth child that the narrator's grandmother knows who was taken by witches?

2. 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"?

3. How does the narrator say "real witches" dress in "A Note About Witches"?

4. What happened to the fifth child the grandmother describes who was taken by witches?

5. The narrator says in "A Note About Witches" that ghouls and barghests are always what?

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