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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. The narrator says in "My Grandmother" that his grandmother is the only grandmother he ever met that does what?

2. What color is the magical formula called "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

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

4. What is the woman on the platform wearing in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the narrator's actions, objectives, and obstacles as he steals the Mouse-Maker from the Grand High Witch's hotel room. Where does he find the potion? Where does he go when the Grand High Witch returns? How does he escape the room?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of identity and family in The Witches. How does the narrator come to terms with his identity and what does he say about his future as a mouse? What is the most important thing to the narrator at the end of the story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the narrator and his grandmother return to England? Where do they live when they return to England? How is this setting described? What are the narrator's feelings about returning to England?

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