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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. Why was Zeke so happy when Horace said he wanted to run track?
(a) He was happy to see Horace doing something that might win him a college scholarship.
(b) He was happy to see Horace doing something that would build his muscle.
(c) He was happy to see Horace doing something other than reading.
(d) He was happy to see Horace doing something that would help him make friends.

2. How does Jimmy's brother feel about his wife?
(a) He does not like her.
(b) He is very angry with her for walking out on Jimmy.
(c) He is in love with her.
(d) He is indifferent to her.

3. Why is Zeke physically uncomfortable in the car in the beginning of the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?
(a) His throat is very sore.
(b) He has to go to the bathroom badly.
(c) His arthritis is bothering him.
(d) His hands are chronically cold.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the women's jobs during a hog killing?

2. What is one book Horace uses to inform his transformation?

3. What does Ruth claim to have predictive powers about?

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

5. What was the name of Zeke's son who had died five years after his birth?

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