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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. The narrator's grandmother tells him in "My Grandmother" that she knows of no less than how many children that have disappeared and been taken by the witches?

3. What happened to the fifth child the grandmother describes who was taken by witches?

4. How does the Grand High Witch pronounce "England" in "Frizzled Like a Fritter"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is the Grand High Witch's face described when she takes off her mask?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the narrator's actions, objectives, and obstacles when he goes to put the potion into the witches' food in the novel. How does the narrator get into the Kitchen and to the correct dish? How does he escape? What obstacles does he face?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the narrator's actions, objectives, and obstacles as he steals the Mouse-Maker from the Grand High Witch's hotel room. Where does he find the potion? Where does he go when the Grand High Witch returns? How does he escape the room?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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