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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. What does the Reverend Barden do to Horace during Horace's vision in the section Black Necromancy?
(a) Baptizes him.
(b) Cuts his arm.
(c) Puts him in a coffin.
(d) Marks his forehead with ashes.

2. What happens to Ruth in the elevator of the nursing home while visiting Asa that sends her into a fit?
(a) The elevator cable cuts loose, sending her plummeting down the shaft.
(b) The air conditioning clicks off in the elevator, leaving it sweltering.
(c) The door knocks into her, sending her falling.
(d) The elevator gets stuck in a power outage.

3. What does Horace ask Reverend Jimmy Greene for advice about that is troubling him in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Horace is troubled because he stole money from his grandfather and he feels guilty.
(b) Horace is worried that he is gay.
(c) Horace is having trouble figuring out how to ask a girl on a date.
(d) Horace is troubled because he cheated on a test and he feels guilty.

4. What does Horace fleetingly think about the last apparition of the demon in the end of the section titled Holy Science?
(a) He thinks it means to guide him to find his long-lost mother.
(b) He thinks it means to reunite him with his dead father.
(c) He thinks it may have been his salvation.
(d) He thinks it is there to kill him.

5. What does Ruth silently ask God to do for Asa?
(a) She asks God to put Asa's suffering on her instead.
(b) She asks God to end Asa's life sooner so he does not suffer as much.
(c) She asks God to make sure Asa is reunited with his beloved son in heaven.
(d) She asks God to cure Asa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the one person who comforts Rose when she is upset at her mother's death?

2. Who was Zeke Cross's father?

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

4. What writer does Kenan begin the section titled Holy Science with a quote from?

5. What did the women always do as they worked on a hog killing day?

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