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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the oldest of Ezra Cross's children?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Luke.
(c) Thomas.
(d) James.

2. What does Reverend Greene consider as he helps Ruth to bed in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Whether he will be reunited with his wife in heaven.
(b) Whether he will have enough money for her care.
(c) The many ways in which things in all their lives could have been different.
(d) Whether Ruth will ever see her children again.

3. What does Reverend Greene's wife Anne die from?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Accidental drug overdose.
(d) Cancer.

4. What happens to Reverend Greene, Zeke, and Ruth in the section titled Old Demonology that prolongs the misery of their trip to see Asa?
(a) Zeke gets lightheaded and faints.
(b) The car breaks down.
(c) They run out of gas.
(d) Ruth gets sick in the car.

5. Where does the Cross family celebrate Thanksgiving in 1983?
(a) At Rose's house.
(b) At Jonnie Mae's house.
(c) At Zeke's house.
(d) At a local diner.

6. What does Reverend Greene think was part of Horace's reason for existing, in hindsight, as he describes it in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) For the salvation of his people.
(b) To have sons that would help on the Cross family farm and keep the family business going.
(c) To prove that his father was not really a bad man.
(d) To make a lot of money to bring back to the community.

7. What do Ruth and Zeke talk about that breaks the tension and their streak of fighting in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) The weather.
(b) Horace.
(c) Hog killing.
(d) The church.

8. What does Anne do that completely upends Reverend Greene's view of their marriage?
(a) She takes a new job without consulting with him.
(b) She sleeps with another woman.
(c) She buys a house on her own.
(d) She sleeps with another man.

9. What does Horace do to Gideon in the locker room at school in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) He punches Gideon hard in the face.
(b) He kicks Gideon in the groin.
(c) He shoots Gideon.
(d) He stabs Gideon.

10. What is the waitress's name who waits on Zeke, Ruth, and Jimmy in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Linda.
(b) Cristina.
(c) Sue.
(d) Anne.

11. How could Ruth often tell if her husband Jethro came home drunk?
(a) She could smell the liquor on him from feet away.
(b) She could hear him fighting with the neighbor.
(c) She could hear him fumbling with and dropping his keys outside their door.
(d) She could hear him singing the same tune coming up the lane.

12. What does Horace's and Gideon's science experiment involve in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Harmonics.
(b) Complicated chemistry.
(c) Mendelian properties.
(d) Non-Newtonian liquids.

13. What does Horace ask Reverend Jimmy Greene in the section titled Holy Science that takes Reverend Greene aback?
(a) He asks Reverend Greene to help him pay for college.
(b) He asks Reverend Greene if he enjoyed sexual experiences he had with men.
(c) He asks Reverend Greene if he would ever perform a gay marriage ceremony.
(d) He asks Reverend Greene to help him enroll in culinary school.

14. What does Reverend Greene forget to do before he eats with Ruth and Zeke at the diner in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Bless the food.
(b) Wash his hands.
(c) Ask the others if they would also like to order.
(d) Take his diabetes medication.

15. How many children did Jethro and Ruth have?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Horace fleetingly think about the last apparition of the demon in the end of the section titled Holy Science?

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

3. In what year does Horace ask Jimmy Greene, the reverend, for advice on a serious matter that is troubling him?

4. What happens to Reverend Greene during his freshman year of college?

5. Who chases Horace in the section titled Holy Science?

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