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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 kind of car does Gideon steal at the end of the section titled Black Necromancy?
(a) A red pickup truck.
(b) A puke-green Buick.
(c) A silver Sonata.
(d) A black Honda.

2. Which work of William Gibson's does Kenan use a quote from in the very beginning of the book?
(a) Count Zero.
(b) Peripheral.
(c) Pattern Recognition.
(d) Neuromancer.

3. What did Jethro say to Ruth the one time she remembers him expressing regret?
(a) He told her he should have married his neighbor instead of her.
(b) He told her he should have allowed her to go back to work.
(c) He told her she should not have had so many children.
(d) He told her he wished her life did not have to be so hard and that he is not worthy of her.

4. In what year does Horace ask Jimmy Greene, the reverend, for advice on a serious matter that is troubling him?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1983.

5. In what year did Jethro die?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gideon's father admonish his mother in front of Horace?

2. How many children did Zeke's grandfather Ezra have in total?

3. What is the only book Zeke ever reads?

4. How many children did Zeke have as a result of his affairs outside of his marriage?

5. What is one of Horace's positive memories of his aunts from his elementary school years?

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