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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Horace begin to realize about the effects of being his grandfather's grandson as he gets older?
2. What significant historical period or event did Zeke's grandfather Ezra live through?
3. What does Ruth claim to have predictive powers about?
4. Why does Jimmy's favorite professor tell him he will make a great preacher?
5. Who was Horace's best friend since kindergarten?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of Horace's interests that converge to lead him to try casting a spell?
2. Why does Reverend Greene's mentor, Philip Schnider, tell him he will make a great theologian?
3. What does the demon ask Horace to do in the church in the section titled April 30, 1985, 1:15 a.m., and why is this significant?
4. How does Zeke remember Horace's father, Sammy?
5. What kinds of books does Horace like, judging from how he has decorated his bedroom at home?
6. What does Zeke remember about Cyrus Johns and Cicero Edmunds fighting over?
7. What particular part of Horace's spell to transform himself into an animal does he struggle with morally?
8. What is the illness that Asa Cross is dying from?
9. What was a hog killing day like in Tims Creek?
10. How does Horace first become aware of what he feels is another presence after he performs his spell?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Horace's relationship with the various different versions of the demon change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How does the absence of Reverend Jimmy Greene's mother, Rose, and the way Rose's family treats her affect Reverend Greene's relationship with her? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
Essay Topic 3
In the section titled Old Demonology, what does Horace's family's reaction to his ear piercing at Thanksgiving dinner reveal about the older generation's misgivings about white people? Why is Horace's family so upset that he is friends with a group of white boys his own age from school? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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