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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 107 - 168).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Horace that his grandmother has died?
(a) His father Samuel.
(b) His grandfather Zeke.
(c) His aunts Ruth, Rachel, and Rebecca.
(d) His mother Rose.

2. What two occasions does Rose return to North Carolina for after she leaves for the final time?
(a) The funeral of her only daughter.
(b) The funeral of her only son.
(c) The graduation of Reverend Jimmy Greene, her son, from the seminary.
(d) The funerals of her mother and father.

3. How did Zeke feel about his father?
(a) He worshiped him.
(b) He resented him.
(c) He feared him.
(d) He hated him.

4. Why does Zeke say he pulled a gun on a white man once in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Because the white man had insulted his wife.
(b) Because the white man had stolen from him.
(c) Because the white man had not paid him for work he had done.
(d) Because the white man had insulted his son.

5. What project does Horace undertake with his Uncle Lester in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) They cut the neighbors' grass.
(b) They paint their relatives' houses.
(c) They begin clearing the forest for more farmland.
(d) They build a stone wall around the Cross property.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of Asa's daugthers?

2. What is one of the first signs for Horace that his spell might be working?

3. Who stopped the fight between the two men over Amy Williams from Zeke's youth?

4. Who was Horace's biology teacher whose class he has a vision of in the section titled Holy Science?

5. Who is the clerical worker who always covers her typewriter before going home from the school Jimmy runs?

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