Witches comprehension answers - english-theatre.de

1 GRANDMOTHER`S WARNING 1. What do Witches look like in fairytales? They wear silly black hats and coats. They ride on broomsticks 2. What is the most important thing to know about real Witches ? They dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and have ordinary jobs. 3. What is the motto of all Witches ? Squish them, squiggle them and make them disappear. 4. Do male Witches exist? No Witches are always women. REAL Witches 5. Who does Boy miss? His parents. 6. In the original story by roald dahl , it is much clearer what happened to them. What did happened to Boy s parents? They were killed in a car crash. 7. Boy asks his Grandmother to do something what is it? To tell him a story. 8. What story does the Grandmother first tell to Boy? He tells the story of Birgit Svenson who turned into a chicken.

2 9. What colour eggs does Birgit lay? Brown ones. 10. Who ended up in a painting? Sabine Christiansen. 11. Who saw Sabine moving in the painting? Nobody saw her moving. 12. According to Grandmother, what is a witch always wearing? A witch always wears gloves. 13. Why do Witches wear gloves? To hide their curvy claws. 14. Why do Witches wear wigs? Because they are bald. 15. Witches think children smell Dogs droppings/pooh/poo-poo 16. What colour is a Witches spit? Blue 17. What favourite spell do the Witches have? Turning children into creatures that grown ups hate. THE GRAND HIGH WITCH 18. What is the name of the Hotel? Hotel Magnificent. 19. What does Boy have in his box? Pet mice. 20. There is a famous couple named William and Kate-who are they? Prince William and Princess Kate of England 21.

3 What is Bruno doing with his magnifying glass? Roasting worms. 22. There is a meeting happening at the hotel. What is it? The Annual General Meeting for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 23. How many meetings are there each year? There is one per year. That is what annual means, yearly. 24. What does Bruno have to do to get more chocolate bars? He has to go to the ballroom at 15:25. THE Witches ' ANNUAL MEETING 25. There are two Witches talking in the audience. One of the ladies is French. What nationality does the other lady have? She is American. 26. Is the Grand High Witch British? No ( this is clear when watching the play and reading the original) 27. What are her orders? To get rid of all the children in England within in one year. 28. What happens to the French witch?

4 She is murdered/burnt/frizzled like a fritter, cooked like a carrot. 29. The word giganticus doesn t exist in English. What is the correct word and what does it mean? Gigantic, it means very big/large/huge. 30. What are chocs? Chocolates. 31. How many drops of magic formula must go into each sweet and chocolate? One 32. What is the Grand High Witch s plan? To turn the children (of England) into mice. 33. Look up the word greedy. What does it mean? Gierig, someone who eats a lot. 34. What happens to Bruno? He gets turned into a mouse. 35. What is the grand High Witch s room number? 454 THE BOY -MOUSE 36. Boy also gets turned into a mouse. Is he sad about it? No 37. Where to Boy and Bruno go? To Grandmother s room. 38. What does Bruno do in Grandmother s room? He eats bananas. 39.

5 Why does boy mouse want to steal a bottle of magic formula? He wants to put it in the Witches dinner and turn them all into mice. 40. Who does Boy-Mouse meet under the bed? A frog (who used to be a child) THE BOY-MOUSE DEFEATS THE Witches 41. What does Grandmother have in her handbag? She has Bruno-Mouse and Boy-Mouse in her handbag. 42. What is on the menu for supper? Green pea soup, lamb, grilled fillet of sole 43. What does Bruno eat? A bread-roll. 44. What are the chefs cooking? Soup 45. Who wants the soup? A group wants soup (The Witches ) 46. Who does Grandmother take into the kitchen? She takes boy mouse into the kitchen. 47. What happens to the cockney chef? Why is he jumping about? Boy mouse runs up his trouser leg/is in his trousers 48. When Grandmother gets back to her table- who does she meet?

6 She meets Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins. 49. Who are they looking for? They are looking for Bruno. 50. What does Grandmother tell Mr. and Mrs Jenkins? She tells them that Bruno is a mouse. 51. What happens to the Witches after eating the soup? They start turning into mice. 52. What does Grandmother do to the Grand High Witch? She pushes her into the pot of soup (and then hits the Witch-mouse with her handbag) SO LONG AS SOMEBODY LOVES YOU 53. Where are Boy and Grandmother in the last scene? They are back in Grandmother s house. 54. How long does a mouse live? Only a few years. 55. Why isn t BOY sad that he is a mouse? Because he has someone (Grandmother) to love him.