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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. Where does Laura spot a sculpture which catches her eye in "The Gingi"?
(a) The Fair of Horrors.
(b) The Mystery Bazaar.
(c) The Mother Africa Shop.
(d) Ebony Treasures.

2. Where does Leddy take the words her son speaks to have them translated in "Boo Mama"?
(a) A university.
(b) A police station.
(c) A church.
(d) A hospital.

3. How much time passes before Grady sees the same woman in "The Woman in the Snow"?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) A year.

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

5. 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 neighbor.
(b) A policeman.
(c) The mail man.
(d) A real estate agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leddy discover on her son's spine and hands in "Boo Mama"?

2. What is Laura's son extremely allergic to in "The Gingi"?

3. What appliance does Laura's husband work to repair in "The Gingi"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What object does Laura notice in a shop window in "The Gingi"?

2. What does Ray do that Grady doesn't in "The Woman in the Snow"? What is the outcome?

3. What civil rights history is reflected in "The Woman in the Snow"?

4. What happens when Josie awakens after revisiting the conjure woman in "The Conjure Brother"?

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

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

7. How is Grady Bishop described in the beginning of "The Woman in the Snow"? What does he do?

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

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

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

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