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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Grand High Witch discern about the mice on the platform in "The Recipe"?

2. What are the witches ordered to buy after returning to their home towns in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

3. Who was the first child that the narrator's grandmother knew who was taken by the witches?

4. Where were the narrator and his parents when they had a car accident?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the Grand High Witch tell her subjects to quit their jobs when they return home in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Bruno Jenkins. What history does the narrator have with Bruno before his character is introduced at the Annual Meeting of the Witches? What are the narrator's feelings about Bruno? How do Bruno's actions in the story reveal his character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of deceptive appearances in The Witches. How is this theme illustrated through the witches themselves? How is this theme explored through the narrator's character? How does it apply to Bruno?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the qualities of a "real witch." What are the distinctions that the narrator's grandmother makes for how to determine if a woman is a witch or not? Which of these distinctions is the most obvious? Which is the hardest to determine?

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