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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 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) Assonance.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Consonance.
(d) Alliteration.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the transformation last that is caused by "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

2. What does the Grand High Witch instruct her subjects to fry the mouse tails in when making Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?

3. What does the Grand High Witch's audience do after her song in "The Recipe"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator come to live with his grandmother?

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

5. What is notable about the way witches walk, according to the narrator's grandmother?

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

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

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

9. What are the narrator's initial impressions of the women who enter the Banquet hall in "The Meeting"?

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

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