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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 Jimmy's grandmother?
(a) Rachel Cross.
(b) Jonnie Mae Cross.
(c) Rose Cross.
(d) Retha Cross.

2. What startles Jimmy about Horace when Horace appears in the schoolyard behind Tims Creek Elementary on April 30, 1984?
(a) Horace has lost several teeth.
(b) Horace has painted his face entirely with white paint.
(c) Horace is bleeding from a bullet wound.
(d) Horace is speaking gibberish, carrying a gun, and wearing only a coat.

3. What did the women always do as they worked on a hog killing day?
(a) Talk and gossip constantly.
(b) Clean the guns.
(c) Tend to the garden.
(d) Clean the knives.

4. How many times does Horace perform the chant for his spell?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What is one of Horace's positive memories of his aunts from his elementary school years?
(a) They made him delicious packed lunches.
(b) They bought him many books.
(c) They let him dress as a girl without criticizing him.
(d) They spoke to his principal and advocated for him when he had gotten into a fight with a white boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Horace decide not to leave his grandfather a note before he performs his spell?

2. In what year does Kenan set the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?

3. What was one major defining characteristic of Zeke's wife as he remembers her?

4. Why does Jimmy's favorite professor tell him he will make a great preacher?

5. Who does Jimmy offer to help up from a fall in the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?

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