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

2. What is notable about a witch's feet, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

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

4. What is the first ingredient for the Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is notable about the way witches walk, according to the narrator's grandmother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of the Grand High Witch in the novel. How old does the Grand High Witch appear in her "normal" attire? How does she appear after removing her mask? How would you describe her demeanor?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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