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

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

3. What happened to the fifth child the grandmother describes who was taken by witches?
(a) He turned into stone.
(b) He turned into a chicken.
(c) He turned into a frog.
(d) He turned into a porpoise.

4. What is the man carrying when he comes to the narrator's grandmother's house in "The Grand High Witch"?
(a) A briefcase.
(b) A grocery bag.
(c) A heavy suitcase.
(d) A bread basket.

5. Who is the second of the children that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?
(a) Ranghild Hansen Ranghild.
(b) Solveg Christiansen.
(c) Lief.
(d) Harold.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

4. Where does the narrator say his father owned a business in "My Grandmother"?

5. About how old was the first of the children that was taken by the witches that the narrator's grandmother knew?

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