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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 "motto of all witches," according to the narrator in "A Note About Witches"?

2. The narrator claims in "A Note About Witches" that this story is NOT what?

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

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

5. What is the name of the narrator's female pet mouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the main ingredients described in "The Recipe"?

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

3. What does the Grand High Witch order her subjects to do after she has ensured the door is locked in "Frizzled like a Fritter"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 2

How is the narrator discovered when he is in hiding at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Witches? What does he do when he is discovered? What happens to the narrator when he is unable to escape?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the ingredients for Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker. What is the main purpose for each ingredient in the potion? How long does the potion take until it begins to have effects? How long does the transformation last?

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