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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. Why is Zeke physically uncomfortable in the car in the beginning of the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?
(a) His arthritis is bothering him.
(b) His throat is very sore.
(c) He has to go to the bathroom badly.
(d) His hands are chronically cold.
2. How many times does Horace perform the chant for his spell?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.
3. What does the narrator lament about the changes in modern times compared to the hog-killing days?
(a) The supermarket sausages are not as good.
(b) The children will not know how to kill and dress their own food.
(c) People have lost the communal traditions and strong sense of community that hog killings fostered.
(d) No one really lives in the town anymore, so there are no children to teach traditional ways to.
4. Why does Horace decide not to leave his grandfather a note before he performs his spell?
(a) He thinks his grandfather will think it is just a joke and be confused.
(b) His grandfather can not read.
(c) He is afraid his grandfather will find the note and try to stop him.
(d) He does not want to upset his grandfather.
5. How does Jimmy's brother feel about his wife?
(a) He is indifferent to her.
(b) He is in love with her.
(c) He does not like her.
(d) He is very angry with her for walking out on Jimmy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What startles Jimmy about Horace when Horace appears in the schoolyard behind Tims Creek Elementary on April 30, 1984?
2. What is there controversy about in the town of Fayetteville that Zeke ruminates on as Jimmy drives him to the nursing home in the section titled Black Necromancy?
3. Why was Zeke so angry at Horace during the time period when Horace was working at the theater?
4. What does Ruth claim to have predictive powers about?
5. How many children did Zeke have as a result of his affairs outside of his marriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Zeke feel about his own father, Thomas Cross?
2. How does Horace first become aware of what he feels is another presence after he performs his spell?
3. What kind of a student and child is Horace Cross before he performs his spell?
4. What does Zeke remember about Cyrus Johns and Cicero Edmunds fighting over?
5. What format does Reverend Greene's conversation with Horace beginning on page 40 take?
6. Why does Reverend Greene's wife, Anne, say she wants to stay in the South?
7. What is a main driving force in Horace's grandfather Zeke's life?
8. What kind of animal does Horace decide to turn himself into and why?
9. How did Retha's death affect Horace?
10. What was a hog killing day like in Tims Creek?
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