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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 color mouse does Bruno become in "Bruno Jenkins Disappears"?

2. What vegetable does the narrator's grandmother order with her entree in "In the Kitchen"?

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. What does the narrator's grandmother ask him about Bruno in "Hello Grandmamma"?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Bruno respond when confronted by the narrator in "Bruno"?

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

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

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

9. Who is Bruno Jenkins? What are the narrator's opinions of this character?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator's grandmother react when she discovers what has happened to her grandson? What information does the narrator relate to his grandmother regarding the events of the meeting? What plan do they develop?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of deceptive appearances in The Witches. How is this theme illustrated through the witches themselves? How is this theme explored through the narrator's character? How does it apply to Bruno?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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