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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how old was Zeke when he helped his father build their house?
(a) 4.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 20.

2. Whose car does Horace steal at the end of the section titled Black Necromancy?
(a) Ezra's.
(b) His Aunt Ruth's.
(c) Daisy Sapphire's.
(d) Luther Stone's.

3. What did the women always do as they worked on a hog killing day?
(a) Tend to the garden.
(b) Clean the knives.
(c) Talk and gossip constantly.
(d) Clean the guns.

4. What does Horace substitute in his transformation spell in place of a sea monster's tooth?
(a) A dog's tooth.
(b) His own tooth.
(c) A shark's tooth.
(d) A snake's fang.

5. What significant historical period or event did Zeke's grandfather Ezra live through?
(a) The War of 1812.
(b) The Civil Rights Movement.
(c) The Revolutionary War.
(d) Emancipation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did Ruth's husband Jethro struggle with throughout his life?

2. In the section titled April 30, 1984, 1:15 a.m., what does the demon tell Horace to kill?

3. What does the demon tell Horace to do to Reverend Barden in the section Black Necromancy?

4. Which work of William Gibson's does Kenan use a quote from in the very beginning of the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of books does Horace like, judging from how he has decorated his bedroom at home?

2. What is Zeke's relationship with his sister-in-law Ruth like?

3. What was a hog killing day like in Tims Creek?

4. What format does Reverend Greene's conversation with Horace beginning on page 40 take?

5. How does Zeke feel about his own father, Thomas Cross?

6. How does Horace first become aware of what he feels is another presence after he performs his spell?

7. Why does Reverend Greene's wife, Anne, say she wants to stay in the South?

8. Where does Reverend Greene take Ruth and Zeke in his car in the section titled December 8, 1985?

9. Why does Reverend Greene's mentor, Philip Schnider, tell him he will make a great theologian?

10. In the section titled April 30, 1984, 1:15 a.m., what does the demon instruct Horace to kill?

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