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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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"?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Consonance.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Assonance.

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

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

5. Where did the second child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches end up?
(a) In a bird sanctuary.
(b) In a painting.
(c) As a statue.
(d) In a mouse-trap.

6. About how old is the woman who stands on the platform described as in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

7. What does the Grand High Witch do after announcing her plan to her subjects in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) She flies around the room.
(b) She sings and dances.
(c) She bursts into flames.
(d) She runs from the room.

8. About how many women are in attendance at the meeting, according to the narrator's assessment, at the Hotel Magnificent?
(a) 150.
(b) 300.
(c) 65.
(d) 200.

9. For how long must one boil the first ingredient of Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker in order to make it soft?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) Ten hours.

10. What is the name of the narrator's male pet mouse?
(a) Lief.
(b) Paul.
(c) Bruno.
(d) William.

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

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

13. What does the narrator say he does as the witches carry on in excitement in "The Recipe"?
(a) He tries to slip away to the door.
(b) He keeps still and prays.
(c) He hides behind the witch's podium.
(d) He calls out to Bruno.

14. How long does the transformation last that is caused by "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) 26 seconds.
(b) 10 seconds.
(c) Two minutes.
(d) 36 seconds.

15. How does the narrator say "real witches" dress in "A Note About Witches"?
(a) In ordinary clothes.
(b) In black hats and cloaks.
(c) In top hats and suits.
(d) In suits of invisible armor.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. How does the Grand High Witch pronounce "England" in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?

3. What is the second thing the Grand High Witch tells her subjects to remove in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?

4. What is notable about a witch's feet, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

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

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