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

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

3. What does Josie want in the beginning of "The Conjure Brother"?
(a) An older brother.
(b) A little brother.
(c) An older sister.
(d) A little sister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the protagonist sent to stay for a period of time in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?

2. Where does the woman from the woods tell Leddy she found her son in "Boo Mama"?

3. The shopkeeper tells Laura of what spirits, and the evil anger they wish to inflict others with, in "The Gingi"?

4. What does the shopkeeper claim the statue is which Laura wants to buy in "The Gingi"?

5. What does Laura's daughter insist the statue is in "The Gingi"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What creature appears from the woods in "Boo Mama"? What does it reveal about Nealy?

2. What is the moral theme of "The Conjure Brother"?

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

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

5. What happens when Josie awakens after performing her "ritual" in "The Conjure Brother"?

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

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

8. How is a neighborhood girl injured in the coop in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?

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

10. How does Leddy attempt to communicate with Nealy after he's found? What does she discover?

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