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The Witches "The Meeting" and "Frizzled Like a Fritter"

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the group who is holding the meeting?

a)

Royal Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Children

b)

Royal Society for Witches

c)

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cat

d)

Royal Society for Cruelty to Children

2.

Why were the ladies scratching their hair?

a)

they had fleas

b)

they had nits

c)

they had ticks

d)

they were witches

3.

Why does the narrator pass out?

a)

He passed out from being sleepy

b)

He passed out from being comfortable

c)

He passed out because he was hungry

d)

He passed out from being terrified

4.

What sickness did Grandmamma come down with?

a)

flu

b)

pneumonia

c)

bronchitis

d)

earache

5.

What present did the narrator receive from his grandmother?

a)

rats

b)

chickens

c)

lizards

d)

mice

6.

How did the grandmother get Mr. Stringer to allow the mice to stay in the boys room?

a)

she said she would pay a lot of money

b)

she convinced the manager to be nice

c)

she said she saw rats and would call the public health authorities

d)

she cried

7.

I was frightened of the ____________ Halloween mask.

a)

transfixed

b)

revolting

c)

culprit

8.

The little boy's eyes were ____________ on the television screen as he played his addictive video game.

a)

transfixed

b)

revolting

c)

culprit

9.

Everyone watched as the police officers chased down and handcuffed the ____________.

a)

transfixed

b)

revolting

c)

culprit

10.

I was trying to _______________ with my terrible flu by resting and taking medicine.

a)

cope

b)

swiftly

c)

frantically

11.

My friend ______________ waved her arms to try and get my attention.

a)

cope

b)

swiftly

c)

frantically

12.

The runner _______________ ran across the finish line, as the crowds cheered for him.

a)

cope

b)

swiftly

c)

frantically

13.
Decide if it is true or false:
The dirtier you are, the harder it is for a witch to smell you.  
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What is the name of the head witch?
a)
The Grand One
b)
Matilda
c)
Mary
d)
The Grand High Witch
15.

What are the names of the narrator's mice?

a)

Mary and Joseph

b)

William and Mary

c)

Jon and Sally

d)

Fred and Ethel

16.

What happened to the narrator when he realized the women were witches?

a)

he fainted

b)

he escaped

c)

he coughed

d)

he sneezed

17.
What was the boy doing before the women of "The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children" came in?
a)
practicing his tricks
b)
eating
c)
sleeping
d)
training his mice
18.
What was the Grand High Witch's goal?
a)
to eat more children
b)
to get rid of all children
c)
to turn all children into plants
d)
to turn all children into animals
19.

What did the Grand High Witch frizzle one of the witches like a fritter? Because ___________________.

a)

she arrived the meeting late

b)

she locked the door

c)

she disagreed with her

d)

she didn't remove her wig

20.

Why does the narrator think the witches might not be able to smell him?

a)

The mice stink more than him

b)

He is very clean

c)

He is very dirty

d)

He is wearing cologne