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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who presumably will "bump off the stinking little children," according to the Grand High Witch's plan in "The Recipe"?
(a) The police.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Other children.
(d) Their teachers.

2. What does the Grand High Witch discern about the mice on the platform in "The Recipe"?
(a) They are formerly grown-ups.
(b) They are spies.
(c) They are secretly witches.
(d) They are pet mice.

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

4. How many brown mouse tails are required to make Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?
(a) 45.
(b) 100.
(c) 25.
(d) 60.

5. What is the second thing the Grand High Witch tells her subjects to remove in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) Their gloves.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their masks.
(d) Their hats.

6. What is the ingredient in Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker that causes its delayed action?
(a) The wrong end of a telescope.
(b) A dog collar.
(c) An alarm clock.
(d) A pigeon brain.

7. 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) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

8. How does the Grand High Witch pronounce "England" in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) "Inkland."
(b) "Ungland."
(c) "Igland."
(d) "Angland."

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

10. About how tall is the woman on the platform described in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) 5'9".
(b) 4'6".
(c) 5'2".
(d) 6'.

11. What word from "The Recipe" means smug or braggartly?
(a) Gloating.
(b) Lacrimose.
(c) Amicable.
(d) Daring.

12. What gives off the most ghastly stench to a witch, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) A clean child.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A dirty child.
(d) A cat.

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

14. Where does the narrator say his father owned a business in "My Grandmother"?
(a) Norway.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

15. What does a "real witch" spend all her time plotting, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) How to obtain magical potions.
(b) How to rise to the throne of the Grand High Witch.
(c) How to get rid of the children in her territory.
(d) How to get rid of all the adults in her territory.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the narrator's female pet mouse?

4. What color is the magical formula called "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

5. What color is a witch's spit, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

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