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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. How does the narrator say "real witches" dress in "A Note About Witches"?

2. What is the ingredient in Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker that causes its delayed action?

3. What gives off the most ghastly stench to a witch, according to the narrator's grandmother in "How to Recognize a Witch"?

4. What does a "real witch" spend all her time plotting, according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is the woman who leads the meeting described when she first steps up to the podium in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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