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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Patricia McKissack's favorite place to go as a child?
2. What month is it in the beginning of "The Woman in the Snow"?
3. When Josie returns to the conjure woman, the conjure woman suggests different ways to do what in "The Conjure Brother"?
4. What does the woman say she does not have in "The Woman in the Snow"?
5. What is Leddy's son's name in "Boo Mama"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Laura encounter which causes her family to leave their home in "The Gingi"? Who is left behind?
2. What does Ray do that Grady doesn't in "The Woman in the Snow"? What is the outcome?
3. How is Adam described in "The Conjure Brother"?
4. What does Leddy notice about her son after he's returned? What appears in the night?
5. What does the conjure woman tell Josie when Josie returns in "The Conjure Brother"?
6. What is Laura's daughter's reaction to the sculpture in "The Gingi"?
7. What happens when Josie awakens after performing her "ritual" in "The Conjure Brother"?
8. How is a neighborhood girl injured in the coop in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?
9. What does Josie want in "The Conjure Brother"? Where does she go to fulfill her wish?
10. Who takes over Grady's route 25 years in the future in "The Woman in the Snow"? What does he encounter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the history and origins of voodoo. How did voodoo rituals enter into the American mythology? How are these rituals employed in "We Organized"?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of "The Sight." During what time period is this story set? How does the setting of the narrative relate to the settings of other stories in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Identify and analyze the elements of symbolism in "The Legend of Pin Oak." What do the birds represent in the ending of the story?
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