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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 does the narrator tell his grandmother the witches are pretending to be in "Hello Grandmamma"?

2. How many doses of the Mouse-Maker is the narrator forced to drink in "Metamorphosis"?

3. At what time does the Grand High Witch tell her subjects to assemble in the Dining Room for supper in “The Ancient Ones”?

4. For what time does the Grand High Witch say she has set the alarm clock for her demonstration in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

5. What object does the Grand High Witch take out once the narrator has been transformed into 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. How does Bruno respond when confronted by the narrator in "Bruno"?

3. How is the setting of the Dining Room described when the narrator's grandmother arrives there in "In the Kitchen"?

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

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

6. What do the narrator and Bruno decide to do next at the end of "Bruno"? Why?

7. What happens when the narrator is discovered by the witches in "Metamorphosis"?

8. How does the narrator's grandmother respond when she sees his transformed appearance in "Hello Grandmamma"?

9. How would you describe the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins?

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

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 2

Discuss the themes of identity and family in The Witches. How does the narrator come to terms with his identity and what does he say about his future as a mouse? What is the most important thing to the narrator at the end of the story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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