Jumbies chapter 17

What does La Diabless mean?

Use the context clues on page 94.

• The Green Woman

• The Jumbie Woman

• The Devil Woman

• The Witch Woman

Why does Dru think Severine is La Diabless?

• Because she hides her feet.

• Because she was a terrible cook.

• Because she is a witch.

• Because she lives in the woods.

What is the reason Dru says La Diabless would hide her feet?

• Because they face backwards.

• Because they have one cow hoof.

• Because they smell bad.

• Because they don't have any feet.

What does Dru tell Corrine that La Diabless does to men?

(page 94)

Who do Dru and Corrine think can help them?

• Severine

• Dru's mother

• Pierre

• The witch

What does the word shrieked mean?

Use context clues on page 97.

• screamed

• whispered

• said

• burped

Why doesn't the witch want to help them?

• She's busy

• she doesn't believe them about Severine

• she thinks it's too late

• she doesn't believe in jumbies

On page 97, Corrine said: "I didn't trouble trouble. Trouble came troubling me." What was the piece of advice from earlier in the book that she was referring to.

• "Trouble is as trouble does."

• "Trouble me once, shame on you. Trouble me twice, you can't get troubled again."

• "Life is like a box of troubles. You never know what you're gonna get."

• "If you don't trouble trouble, trouble won't trouble you."

What do the girls pay the witch with?

• An orange

• a scorpion

• a magic potion

• five dollars

How do you think Corrine feels when she sees that her dad never went out in his fishing boat that day?