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

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

3. What does the Grand High Witch say never happens to witches in "The Recipe"?
(a) They are never deceived.
(b) They are never married.
(c) They are never caught.
(d) They are never killed.

4. The narrator's grandmother tells him in "My Grandmother" that she knows of no less than how many children that have disappeared and been taken by the witches?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. About how old was the first of the children that was taken by the witches that the narrator's grandmother knew?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is illustrated in the following excerpt from "A Note About Witches": ". . . her mind will always be plotting and scheming and churning and burning and whizzing and phizzing"?

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

3. The narrator claims in "A Note About Witches" that this story is NOT what?

4. What does the Grand High Witch discern about the mice on the platform in "The Recipe"?

5. About how many women are in attendance at the meeting, according to the narrator's assessment, at the Hotel Magnificent?

(see the answer key)

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