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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. Why does the woman need a ride in "The Woman in the Snow"?
(a) Her car broke down.
(b) She is about to give birth.
(c) The snow is too deep to walk in.
(d) Her baby is sick.

2. What is Leddy's son's name in "Boo Mama"?
(a) Nealy.
(b) William.
(c) Robert.
(d) George.

3. The protagonist's grandfather tells her how he once had a monster where in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?
(a) In the outhouse.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In his own chicken-coop.
(d) The crawlspace under his house.

4. What becomes Laura's daughter's favorite toy in "The Gingi"?
(a) The monkey.
(b) The boxcar.
(c) The noose.
(d) The statue.

5. What is the name of the shopkeeper where Laura buys the statue in "The Gingi"?
(a) Mrs. Aswadi.
(b) Mrs. Dabodo.
(c) Mrs. Congumu.
(d) Mrs. Motangu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josie's mother announce the day after Josie's second visit to the conjure woman in "The Conjure Brother"?

2. What threatens to attack Laura's daughter while she plays outside in "The Gingi"?

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

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

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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Josie want in "The Conjure Brother"? Where does she go to fulfill her wish?

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

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

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

5. What causes the protagonist in "The Chicken-Coop Monster" to have to brave the coop?

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

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

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

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

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

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