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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. How many trunks of counterfeit money does the Grand High Witch say she has brought with her in "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker"?

2. The narrator says in "The Recipe" that the witches in the room are thinking of nothing except what?

3. About how many women are in attendance at the meeting, according to the narrator's assessment, at the Hotel Magnificent?

4. Grandma describes witches as being as bald as what in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator become trapped in the Banquet hall during the Annual Meeting of the Society of Witches? What does the narrator note about these meeting attendees upon their arrival? How do his perceptions change of the attendees of the meeting?

Essay Topic 2

How is the narrator discovered when he is in hiding at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Witches? What does he do when he is discovered? What happens to the narrator when he is unable to escape?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of the narrator's grandmother's home in Norway. How large is the house that she lives in? How does the narrator feel about this setting? When does he go there?

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