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What do fairy-tale witches look like? (3 characteristics)
They wear black hats and cloaks. They ride on broomsticks.
What happened to Grandmamma´s thumb?
Not mentioned!
What present did Boy get from Grandmamma?
William and Mary - two white mice
Where did Boy hide?
behind a screen.
Why was the alarm clock important?
So that the formula would have a delayed action effect.
What do real witches look like?
They look like ordinary women.
What serious problem does the wig cause?
They get wig-rash.
What happened when the Summer Term began?
Grandmamma got pneumonia.
Describe the Grand High Witch. (3)
tiny - she wore a black dress - disgusting face which she covered with a mask - owned a money machine
What had the GHW done to show them how the formula worked?
She had poisoned a chocolate bar and had given it to Bruno Jenkins.
What is the witches´ motto?
1 child a week is 52 a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear.
Describe Grandmamma. (4 characteristics)
massive - great story-teller - no thumb - retired witchophile - smoked cigars
Where did they spend their summer holidays? Name the hotel
In Bournemouth - Hotel Magnificent
Why did The Grand High Witch roast a witch?
She answered back.
What did the GHW promise Bruno?
6 chocolate bars
What happened to Boy´s parents? Why weren´t they in England?
They died in a car accident in Norway.
They were visiting Grandmamma for the holidays.
What happened when boy was building the tree house?
He met a witch. He was offered a snake.
Who looked after Boy while Grandmamma was in bed?
Mrs Spring
What was the GHW´s job?
She travelled around the wprld giving lectures to the witches, money and new potions.
Mention 6 ingredients of Delayed-Action Mouse Maker Fomrula
45 brown mice - telescope - alarm clock -a gruntle´s egg - the claw of a crabcruncher - the beak of a blabbersnitch - the snout of a grobblesquirt - the tongue of a catspringer
Mention 3 children who had encounters with witches and what happened to them.
Ranghild - Solveg - Birgit - Harald and Leif
Mention all the characteristics to recognize a witch.
gloves - wigs - no toes - blue spit - large nose-holes - fire/ice in their eyes
Where did Boy hide and what was the name of the group of ladies who was about to come in?
in the Ballroom
RSPCC - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Describe the GHW´s plan to remove all the children of England.
quit jobs - buy sweet shops - poison sweets - great gala opening - children turn into mice at 9 o´clock the following day.
Describe Bruno Jenkins.
small boy - always eating sth - cruel (roasted ants with a magnifying glass) boasted about how his father made a lot of money - greedy