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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 claims in "A Note About Witches" that this story is NOT what?

2. What kind of egg is added when making Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?

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

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

5. Who is the third child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the character of the narrator in The Witches. Why do you think this character remains unnamed in the novel? How did the narrator come to live with his grandmother? What relationship does he have with his grandmother?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Grand High Witch's plan for eradicating the children of England. Why does she want to do this? How does she instruct her subjects to her plan? What is the outcome of the plan?

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