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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leddy decide to move when she drops out of society in "Boo Mama"?
(a) Southern Florida.
(b) Northern Michigan.
(c) Eastern Tennessee.
(d) Western Texas.

2. What is Ray's last name in "The Woman in the Snow"?
(a) Hammond.
(b) Thompson.
(c) Turner.
(d) Hubbard.

3. What is the name of the brother Josie conjures in "The Conjure Brother"?
(a) Rob.
(b) Adam.
(c) John.
(d) Dave.

4. Why does Grady refuse to give the woman a ride in "The Woman in the Snow"?
(a) She is black.
(b) The bus is full.
(c) She doesn't have bus fare.
(d) The bus is out of service.

5. What does the doll look like, which the shopkeeper insists Laura take along with the statue, in "The Gingi"?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A lizard.
(c) A fish.
(d) A bird.

6. What gives the protagonist courage to face the monster in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?
(a) Her grandfather's love.
(b) Her father's divorce.
(c) Her mother's letter.
(d) Her dog's heroism.

7. What did the grandfather do with the monster he had haunting him in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?
(a) Burned it.
(b) Confronted it.
(c) Ran from it.
(d) Threw water on it.

8. Where does the neighboring girl hide during a game of hide-and-seek in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?
(a) The attic.
(b) The woods.
(c) The barn.
(d) The chicken coop.

9. What is the protagonist of "The Chicken-Coop Monster" given to raise?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A chick.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A puppy.

10. Patricia McKissack's first book was a biography of what poet?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) e.e. cummings.
(d) Paul Lawrence Dunbar.

11. What were the names of Patricia McKissack's parents?
(a) Jefferson and Roberta Williams.
(b) Robert and Erma Carwell.
(c) Thomas and Edna McKissack.
(d) Matthew and Chloe Reynolds.

12. Whose chicken coop is plagued by a monster, according to the protagonist in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her grandmother's.
(c) Her neighbor's.
(d) Her father's.

13. Who tells Josie that no one has lived at the conjure woman's address for a long time in the ending of "The Conjure Brother"?
(a) A policeman.
(b) The mail man.
(c) A real estate agent.
(d) A neighbor.

14. Who assassinated Robert Kennedy?
(a) John Wayne Gacy.
(b) Sirhan Sirhan.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) James Earl Ray.

15. What appliance does Laura's husband work to repair in "The Gingi"?
(a) The refrigerator.
(b) The dryer.
(c) The stove.
(d) The dishwasher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Ray driving when he sees a woman on the side of the road in "The Woman in the Snow"?

2. Where was Patricia McKissack's favorite place to go as a child?

3. Where does Ray drive the woman in "The Woman in the Snow"?

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

5. What does Josie want in the beginning of "The Conjure Brother"?

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