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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. What does Grady do the second time he sees the woman in "The Woman in the Snow"?
(a) Runs her over.
(b) Offers her a ride.
(c) Turns the bus around.
(d) Runs the bus into a tree.

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

3. What does the woman from the woods say that Leddy's son will become in "Boo Mama"?
(a) A gollum.
(b) A sasquatch.
(c) A poltergeist.
(d) A vampire.

4. How is Josie's conjured brother described in "The Conjure Brother"?
(a) Funny.
(b) Shy.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Domineering.

5. What does Leddy discover on her son's spine and hands in "Boo Mama"?
(a) Cuts.
(b) Hair.
(c) Rashes.
(d) Warts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Patricia McKissack from?

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

3. How is the sculpture described which Laura purchases in "The Gingi"?

4. What does Josie's conjured brother prevent her from watching in "The Conjure Brother"?

5. What protects Laura and her daughter from an animal in the yard in "The Gingi"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What encounter does Grady have on his way back to the bus depot in "The Woman in the Snow"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Laura encounter which causes her family to leave their home in "The Gingi"? Who is left behind?

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