The Witches (Report #1)

Which family member is the narrator closest to during the story?

• Grandmother

• Grandfather

• Mother

• Father

What is the word closest in meaning of the underlined word in the following book passage?

"I myself had two separate encounters with witches before I was 8 years old. From the first, I escaped unharmed, but on the second I was not so lucky."

• Hurt

• Injured

• Safe

• Scared

What happened to the parents of the narrator at the beginning of the story?

• They died in a car accident

• They went on a vacation

• They abandoned their son

• They went to work

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the narrator's grandmother?

• She knew a lot of stories about witches

• She loved her grandson

• She hated her grandson

• She lived in Norway

What is the meaning of the underlined phrase in the following passage?

"The curtains were never drawn in that house, and through the windows I could see huge snowflakes..."

• The curtains were opened

• The curtains were closed

• There were no curtains

• There were many curtains

The grandma tells a story about Ranghild, a child who disappeared after "the tall lady in white gloves" took him by the hand. What can you infer about this lady based on the nature of the story?

• She was a witch

• She didn't exist

• She was Ranghild's mom

• She was a police officer

According to the grandma's story about Solveg, what happened to her after she ate an apple?

• She became part of a painting

• She fell asleep

• She grew ten times her height

• She became a witch

Which of the following statements is true regarding Solveg's life in the picture?

• She grew older in the picture

• She never moved in the picture

• She escaped the picture

• She didn't go in the picture

What happened to Birgit according to the grandma's story?

• She turned into a white large chicken

• She turned into an iguana

• She turned into a cat

• She turned into a small gold fish

What happened to Harald according to the grandma's story?

• He turned into stone

• He turned into plastic

• He turned into glass

• He turned into water