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

2. What does the narrator's grandmother use to bandage his wound in "In the Kitchen"?

3. How does Mrs. Jenkins respond when the narrator's grandmother places Bruno on the table in "Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Meet Bruno"?

4. What is the narrator's room number at the hotel?

5. How does the narrator ultimately get his grandmother to answer the hotel room door in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the narrator infiltrate the Grand High Witch's hotel room in "The Mouse-Burglar"?

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

9. How does the narrator describe his transformation in "Metamorphosis"?

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

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 3

Why do the narrator and his grandmother return to England? Where do they live when they return to England? How is this setting described? What are the narrator's feelings about returning to England?

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