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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the first signs for Horace that his spell might be working?
(a) It starts to rain.
(b) A rogue wave from the river washes over him.
(c) A fire starts spontaneously at his feet.
(d) He hears birds making a racket overhead.

2. What kind of fruit does Horace eat every year even though he is warned it will make him sick?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Wild blueberries.
(c) Damsenberries.
(d) Small green horse apples.

3. What kind of community event do Ruth and Zeke discuss in the car with Jimmy in the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) A tobacco-picking party.
(b) A harvest festival.
(c) A barn burning.
(d) A hog killing.

4. What did the older men teach the young boys to do on a hog killing day?
(a) Shoot a hog.
(b) Calm a hog.
(c) Dress a hog.
(d) Make sausages.

5. What is the only book Zeke ever reads?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Farmer's Almanac.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Horace live with in the section titled White Sorcery?

3. What does Horace use in his transformation spell in place of the "babe"?

4. Which animal did Horace consider changing himself into at first?

5. What does Horace's friend John Anthony call him?

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