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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. Grandma describes witches as being as bald as what in "How to Recognize a Witch"?
(a) A cucumber.
(b) A baby.
(c) An old man.
(d) A boiled egg.

2. What does the Grand High Witch say she will do to the narrator when she sniffs him out in "The Recipe"?
(a) Turn him into a mackerel.
(b) Turn him into a toad.
(c) Turn him into stone.
(d) Turn him into a porpoise.

3. What happened to the fourth child that the narrator's grandmother knows who was taken by witches?
(a) He disppeared in a painting.
(b) He turned to stone.
(c) He turned into a frog.
(d) He turned into a porpoise.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the manager of the Hotel Magnificent?

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

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

4. Approximately how many "real witches" exist in England today, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is the narrator in the Banquet hall when the women begin their meeting?

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

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

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

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

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