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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. How much time passes before Leddy finds her son in "Boo Mama"?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

2. Where does the woman from the woods tell Leddy she found her son in "Boo Mama"?
(a) Inside a volcano.
(b) On a boat.
(c) Swimming in the river.
(d) At the bottom of a ledge.

3. Where was Patricia McKissack's favorite place to go as a child?
(a) The Nashville Public Museum.
(b) The Nashville Public Library.
(c) Sewannee University.
(d) The Modern Museum of Art.

4. What does Grady do the second time he sees the woman in "The Woman in the Snow"?
(a) Runs her over.
(b) Turns the bus around.
(c) Offers her a ride.
(d) Runs the bus into a tree.

5. When Josie returns to the conjure woman, the conjure woman suggests different ways to do what in "The Conjure Brother"?
(a) Avoid Adam.
(b) Punish Adam.
(c) Get rid of Adam.
(d) Make peace with Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Josie's new brother is not in accordance with her wish in "The Conjure Brother"?

2. What is Ray's last name in "The Woman in the Snow"?

3. How is the sculpture described which Laura purchases in "The Gingi"?

4. How much time passes before Grady sees the same woman in "The Woman in the Snow"?

5. How old is the protagonist in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who takes over Grady's route 25 years in the future in "The Woman in the Snow"? What does he encounter?

2. When is Leddy's son found in "Boo Mama"? How does he appear?

3. What is the moral of the story in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?

4. What does the shopkeeper tell Laura about the object in "The Gingi"?

5. What is the monster symbolic of in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?

6. How is Adam described in "The Conjure Brother"?

7. Why does Grady not give the woman a ride in "The Woman in the Snow"? What happens to her?

8. What happens in Laura's home after the purchases the sculpture in "The Gingi"?

9. What causes the protagonist in "The Chicken-Coop Monster" to have to brave the coop?

10. What does the protagonist's grandfather tell her about his experiences with a monster in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?

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