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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 second thing the Grand High Witch tells her subjects to remove in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?

2. What happened to the fourth child that the narrator's grandmother knows who was taken by witches?

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

4. What does the narrator say he does as the witches carry on in excitement in "The Recipe"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker play in the Grand High Witch's plan?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 2

Describe the narrator's first encounter with a witch. When and where does this encounter take place? What does the witch look like? What does she offer the narrator? How is he "rescued" from the situation?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the narrator and his grandmother return to England? Where do they live when they return to England? How is this setting described? What are the narrator's feelings about returning to England?

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