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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the rumors about that the new king strives to repress?
(a) That he was cursed by witches at birth.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) That he fears witches.
(d) Regicide.

2. Who else preens before a mirror, hoping to achieve a look that is both attractive and more witch-seeming?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Tic Tac Toe.
(c) I Spy.
(d) Simon Says.

3. With what prop does the baby play?
(a) A canon.
(b) A medicine bottle.
(c) A crown.
(d) A sword.

4. What name does Granny settle on for the godchild's name?
(a) Tomtom.
(b) Johnjohn.
(c) Tomjohn.
(d) Johntom.

5. After banishing the conjured demon and returning home, what does Granny find when she walks out of her cottage?
(a) More witches.
(b) A variety of animals.
(c) Fairies.
(d) The king's soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ghost trapped?

2. What does the ghost try to move when Nanny is being tortured?

3. What angers the king about witches?

4. What do the witches find inside the ruffians' coach after they flee?

5. What do the witches threaten in order to get the demon they conjure to cooperate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the witches think about Vitoller?

2. What obstacles must the Fool and Magrat overcome in order to become a couple?

3. Why does the ghost king Verence trap Nanny's cat in the castle?

4. To whom do the townspeople turn, and what is their complaint?

5. What compels the witches to see a play shortly after they acquire the baby?

6. What does Felmet point out to Granny when she suggests he abdicate the throne?

7. Describe what happens to the chamber door when Magrat casts a spell on it.

8. Who explains the ghostly King Verence's feelings of hunger to him? What is the explanation?

9. How does the ghost king get to leave the castle? Why is this important to the story?

10. What are Felmet's worries shortly after taking over the throne?

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