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

2. Which reverend gives the blessing at the Cross's Thanksgiving dinner in 1983?
(a) Reverend Barden.
(b) Reverend Cross.
(c) Reverend Greene.
(d) Reverend Johnson.

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

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

5. What is Reverend Greene's middle name?
(a) Matthew.
(b) John.
(c) Malachai.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zeke tell Reverend Greene it takes a right smart man to do in the section titled Old Demonology?

2. What is the little girl's name at the mechanic's shop?

3. What does the woman at the mechanic's shop do for Zeke, Ruth, and Reverend Greene that is a small act of kindness?

4. What does Reverend Greene do as he leaves Ruth's house in the section titled Old Demonology?

5. Who does Horace have his first homosexual sexual experiences with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zeke accuse Ruth of doing to him and the rest of the Cross family in the section titled Old Demonology?

2. What circumstance brought Horace and Gideon together and eventually sparked their relationship?

3. What happens to Reverend Greene, Zeke, and Ruth on the way back from visiting Asa that adds more tension to their trip?

4. What does Reverend Greene tell Horace in the section titled Holy Science about the problem Horace confides in him about?

5. How does Reverend Greene know that Ruth and Zeke have more or less made amends from their argument in the section titled Old Demonology?

6. What is Horace's family's reaction to seeing his earring at Thanksgiving dinner in the section Old Demonology?

7. What does Reverend Greene tell Zeke in the diner in the section Old Demonology that startles and disturbs Zeke?

8. In the section titled Old Demonology, what conclusion does Reverend Greene come to about the pressures Horace faced from his family?

9. Why does Horace decide to try sports?

10. In the section titled Old Demonology, what do Ruth's and Zeke's interactions with the waitress at the diner reveal?

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