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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. Who is the third child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?
(a) Ranghild Hansen Ranghild.
(b) Birgit Svenson.
(c) Lief.
(d) Harold.

2. How many trunks of counterfeit money does the Grand High Witch say she has brought with her in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

3. 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) Turn to stone.
(c) Drive off of bridges.
(d) Eat their own children.

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

5. Who was the first child that the narrator's grandmother knew who was taken by the witches?
(a) Solveg Christiansen.
(b) Birgit Svenson.
(c) Ranghild Hansen Ranghild.
(d) Lief.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word from "The Recipe" means smug or braggartly?

4. What does the narrator consider to be his only hope in "The Recipe"?

5. What is a person called that studies witches?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the woman who leads the meeting described when she first steps up to the podium in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

4. Why do the narrator and his grandmother return to England in "The Grand High Witch"? Where do they live?

5. What happens to the witch who questions the Grand High Witch in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

6. Describe the narrator and protagonist of The Witches. How old is he? Where does he live?

7. What happened to the five children that the grandmother describes who were taken by witches in "My Grandmother"?

8. How does the narrator's grandmother describe the Secret Society of Witches in "The Grand High Witch"?

9. What are the main ingredients described in "The Recipe"?

10. Why do witches always wear wigs and gloves, according to the narrator's grandmother?

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