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

2. Approximately how many children does a "real witch" kill each year, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?

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

4. What is the name of the fourth child that the narrator's grandmother knows of who was taken by witches?

5. Approximately how many "real witches" exist in England today, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe the appearance and behavior of "real witches" in "A Note About Witches"?

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

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

10. Why does the Grand High Witch express anger at her subjects at the meeting in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator's grandmother react when she discovers what has happened to her grandson? What information does the narrator relate to his grandmother regarding the events of the meeting? What plan do they develop?

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 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?

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