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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is notable about a witch's feet, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) They are abnormally small.
(b) They look like cat's claws.
(c) They are abnormally large.
(d) They have no toes.

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

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

4. What does the narrator's grandmother say American witches are capable of making grown-ups do in "The Grand High Witch"?
(a) Sell their children to witches.
(b) Drive off of bridges.
(c) Eat their own children.
(d) Turn to stone.

5. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is every woman in the room wearing in "The Meeting"?

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

5. How many encounters with witches does the narrator describe having before he was eight years old in "My Grandmother"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Grand High Witch order her subjects to do after she has ensured the door is locked in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

2. What role does Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker play in the Grand High Witch's plan?

3. What happens when the strange woman approaches the narrator in "The Grand High Witch"?

4. Describe the narrator's grandmother. How old is she? Where does she live?

5. How is the Grand High Witch's face described when she takes off her mask?

6. Why does the Grand High Witch express anger at her subjects at the meeting in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

7. Where do the narrator and his grandmother go in "Summer Holidays"? Why?

8. How does the narrator describe the appearance and behavior of "real witches" in "A Note About Witches"?

9. What is notable about witches from different countries, according to the narrator's grandmother in "The Grand High Witch"?

10. How does the Grand High Witch respond when she encounters the narrator's mice on the podium in "The Recipe"?

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