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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. What kinds of moments does Reverend Greene recall from his time with his wife Anne in the beginning of the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Times when they went on picnics.
(b) The painful medical visits they had when they were desperately trying to conceive a child.
(c) Various vacations they took together abroad.
(d) Sexually intimate moments.

2. What is one of the ramblings of Asa's roommate, an old, confused white woman?
(a) She is worried she is missing church.
(b) She is worried she is missing her niece's christening.
(c) She is worried she is missing a friend's funeral.
(d) She is worried about the running of her farm, which she remembers from her past.

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

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

5. 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) To make a lot of money to bring back to the community.
(b) To prove that his father was not really a bad man.
(c) For the salvation of his people.
(d) To have sons that would help on the Cross family farm and keep the family business going.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gideon respond when Horace writes him a letter telling him he has feelings for him?

2. What do Ruth and Zeke talk about that breaks the tension and their streak of fighting in the section titled Old Demonology?

3. How many children did Jethro and Ruth have?

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

5. What is Reverend Greene's wife's full maiden name?

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. Why does Horace decide to try sports?

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

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

5. Where does Horace go with his demon in the section titled April 30, 1984, 2:40 a.m.?

6. In the section titled Holy Science, what does Horace ask Reverend Greene after Sunday church service?

7. What is the last thing that Rose says to Reverend Greene, her son?

8. What does the woman at the car repair shop do for Zeke, Ruth and Reverend Greene that lightens the tension and brightens their day?

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

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

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