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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 103).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Horace's father?
(a) Zeke.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Samuel.

2. What does Horace attempt to summon with his spell?
(a) A demon.
(b) A god.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) A fairy godmother.

3. What does Horace begin to have second thoughts about having used in his spell at the end of the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) Instead of a shark's tooth, he should have used a snake's fang.
(b) Instead of a feather, he should have used rabbit's fur.
(c) Instead of ashes he should have used charcoal.
(d) Instead of a kitten he thinks he should have perhaps used a human baby.

4. What Charles Dickens book does Kenan open the novel with a quote from?
(a) A Christmas Carol.
(b) Oliver Twist.
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

5. What significant historical period or event did Zeke's grandfather Ezra live through?
(a) The Civil Rights Movement.
(b) The War of 1812.
(c) Emancipation.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport does Horace participate in?

2. What does the Reverend Barden do to Horace during Horace's vision in the section Black Necromancy?

3. What kind of fruit does Horace eat every year even though he is warned it will make him sick?

4. Why does Zeke feel he has to be especially polite to Jimmy in the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?

5. How did Zeke's father initially react to the news that Zeke was marrying his wife?

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