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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 narrator's grandmother say a real witch is certain to always be wearing in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

2. How many brown mouse tails are required to make Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?

3. How does the narrator say "real witches" dress in "A Note About Witches"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What oddities does the narrator note about the women in the Banquet hall in "The Meeting"? How does he respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the setting of the Hotel Magnificent. Where in England is this hotel located? Why does the narrator go there with his grandmother? How are the patrons of the hotel described?

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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