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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time passes before Leddy finds her son in "Boo Mama"?

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

3. Where does Leddy decide to move when she drops out of society in "Boo Mama"?

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

5. What did the grandfather do with the monster he had haunting him in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the protagonist in "The Chicken-Coop Monster"? Where is she?

2. What does the shopkeeper tell Laura about the object in "The Gingi"?

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

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

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 moral theme of "The Conjure Brother"?

7. What does the conjure woman tell Josie when Josie returns in "The Conjure Brother"?

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

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

10. How is Laura's husband almost injured in "The Gingi"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history and origins of voodoo. How did voodoo rituals enter into the American mythology? How are these rituals employed in "We Organized"?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the origins and history of the Ku Klux Klan. What role does the KKK play in "Justice"?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of "We Organized." What year is it in the story? Where does the action take place? How does the setting support the themes of the collection?

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