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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. At what time does the Grand High Witch receive a knock at the door from the ancient ones in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

2. What color are the narrator's grandmother's cigars?

3. How does the narrator describe the clientele of the Hotel Magnificent in "In the Kitchen"?

4. What is Mrs. Jenkins doing when the narrator's grandmother approaches them in the Lounge to discuss Bruno in “Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Meet Bruno”?

5. What are the two enemies that the narrator deduces mice have in "Bruno"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Grand High Witch call on the elderly witches to raise their hands in "The Ancient Ones"?

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

3. How does the narrator describe his mission in "The Plan"?

4. How does the Grand High Witch detail the witches' agenda in "The Ancient Ones"?

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

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

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

8. How does the narrator describe his transformation 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 do the narrator and Bruno decide to do next at the end of "Bruno"? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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?

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