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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. Where does the narrator first go to hide when he enters the kitchen in "In the Kitchen"?

2. What is Bruno wearing when he enters the Ballroom in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

3. What is the name of the waiter who serves the narrator's grandmother in the Dining Room in "In the Kitchen"?

4. How does the narrator's grandmother transport the narrator and Bruno to the Lounge in “Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Meet Bruno”?

5. Where does the narrator hide when he flees from the witches as a mouse in "Metamorphosis"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What exchange takes place between the Grand High Witch and the narrator's grandmother in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

2. What does the narrator note about the frogs he encounters in the Grand High Witch's room in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

3. How does the narrator manage to get the Mouse-Maker into the correct pot in "In the Kitchen"?

4. How does the narrator escape the Grand High Witch's room in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

5. What response does the narrator's grandmother receive when she places Bruno on the table before his parents in "Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Meet Bruno"?

6. How is Bruno Jenkins' metamorphosis described in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

7. How does the narrator escape the kitchen in "In the Kitchen"?

8. How does the narrator manage to escape the witches in "Metamorphosis"?

9. Where does the narrator find the vials in the Grand High Witch's room in "The Mouse-Burglar"? How does he obtain one of the vials?

10. What are the narrator's considerations about his tranformation into a mouse in "Bruno"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of the narrator's grandmother's home in Norway. How large is the house that she lives in? How does the narrator feel about this setting? When does he go there?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the narrative style of The Witches. Why do you think the author chooses to relate the novel from a first-person perspective? How would the story change if it were related from a third-person narrator? Is the story related in the past or present tense? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator's grandmother in The Witches. How old is the narrator's grandmother? Where does she live? How does this character differ from other grandmothers for the narrator?

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