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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the fourth child that the narrator's grandmother knows who was taken by witches?
(a) He turned to stone.
(b) He disppeared in a painting.
(c) He turned into a frog.
(d) He turned into a porpoise.

2. What does the Grand High Witch describe children as smelling like in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) Dogs' droppings.
(b) Rotting fruit.
(c) Jasmine flowers.
(d) Rotten eggs.

3. The narrator says in "My Grandmother" that his grandmother is the only grandmother he ever met that does what?
(a) Drinks Scotch.
(b) Drives a car.
(c) Smokes cigars.
(d) Eats olives.

4. What is the woman on the platform wearing in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) A red mini-skirt.
(b) A long black dress.
(c) A long white dress.
(d) A flowery blue dress.

5. 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) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

6. Approximately how many children does a "real witch" kill each year, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 52.
(d) 68.

7. What is the "motto of all witches," according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) "Hail to the Grand High Witch and may we all follow her lead."
(b) "Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear."
(c) "Eat them and drink them and swallow them whole."
(d) "Fly and dance and shout and sing until the day becomes the dream."

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

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

10. What does the Grand High Witch's audience do after her song in "The Recipe"?
(a) They run from the room.
(b) They burst into tears.
(c) They clap and shout.
(d) They sit silently.

11. 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"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Metaphor.

12. The narrator says in "A Note About Witches" that ghouls and barghests are always what?
(a) Men.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

13. What is the name of the manager of the Hotel Magnificent?
(a) Mr. Anderson.
(b) Mr. Jenkins.
(c) Mr. Stringer.
(d) Mr. Williams.

14. What are the witches ordered to buy after returning to their home towns in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) Schools.
(b) Sweet-shops.
(c) Coffee shops.
(d) Bakeries.

15. What color is a witch's spit, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who presumably will "bump off the stinking little children," according to the Grand High Witch's plan in "The Recipe"?

2. What kind of egg is added when making Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?

3. How old was the fifth child that the narrator's grandmother knows of when he was taken by witches?

4. What does the Grand High Witch say she will do to the narrator when she sniffs him out in "The Recipe"?

5. How many trunks of counterfeit money does the Grand High Witch say she has brought with her in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

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