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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. The shopkeeper tells Laura of what spirits, and the evil anger they wish to inflict others with, in "The Gingi"?
(a) The Dabobo women.
(b) The Congolese men.
(c) The Maniqua women.
(d) The Haitian elders.

2. The conjure woman tells Josie she should remember what it feels like to be what on Josie's second visit in "The Conjure Brother"?
(a) On the bottom of the food chain.
(b) Teased by an older sibling.
(c) Competing for attention.
(d) Second in line.

3. How many years pass before Ray becomes a bus driver on Grady's former route in "The Woman in the Snow"?
(a) 28 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 15 years.

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

5. What does the woman from the woods say she gave Leddy's son to save his life in "Boo Mama"?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Her blood.
(d) Bone marrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leddy do when the woman emerges from the woods in "Boo Mama"?

2. What were the names of Patricia McKissack's parents?

3. What does the woman from the woods say that Leddy's son will become in "Boo Mama"?

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

5. What becomes possessed with the spirit of a gingi in "The Gingi"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Leddy notice about her son after he's returned? What appears in the night?

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

4. Why was Nealy returned in "Boo Mama"? Why is he taken away again?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What leads Leddy to leave behind society in "Boo Mama"? What happens to her son?

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