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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ruth so resentful towards Reverend Jimmy Greene?
(a) Ruth can never forgive Reverend Greene for Horace's death.
(b) Ruth has always thought Reverend Greene looks down upon her.
(c) Ruth is mad at Reverend Greene because he will not give her communion because she is divorced.
(d) Ruth has hard feelings towards Reverend Greene's grandmother, Jonnie Mae, who raised him.

2. Where does Rose move when she leaves her hometown?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The Southwest.
(c) The West Coast.
(d) The East Coast.

3. What does Horace ask Reverend Jimmy Greene in the section titled Holy Science that takes Reverend Greene aback?
(a) He asks Reverend Greene if he enjoyed sexual experiences he had with men.
(b) He asks Reverend Greene to help him pay for college.
(c) He asks Reverend Greene to help him enroll in culinary school.
(d) He asks Reverend Greene if he would ever perform a gay marriage ceremony.

4. What does Zeke ask the waitress about the hogs they use in their food in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Whether they kill them themselves.
(b) Whether they are halal.
(c) Whether they are organic.
(d) Whether they are from America or imported from foreign countries.

5. Who was Horace's biology teacher whose class he has a vision of in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Joanne Rawlings.
(b) Monica Boden.
(c) Clarissa Hedgeson.
(d) Clare Pettigrew.

6. How old was Rose when she disappeared from the family?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

7. What is Reverend Greene's wife's full maiden name?
(a) Anne Richards Robinson.
(b) Mary Jefferson Clark.
(c) Mary Anne Richards.
(d) Anne Gazelle DuBois.

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

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

10. Why is Jonnie Mae so upset that Horace has a new group of all-white friends?
(a) She thinks they are actually just making fun of him and will hurt his feelings, humiliating him.
(b) She thinks they will lead him astray and that it is dangerous for him to be spending time with them.
(c) She thinks they are using him to commit crimes.
(d) She thinks they will eventually physically harm him.

11. What project does Horace undertake with his Uncle Lester in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) They begin clearing the forest for more farmland.
(b) They build a stone wall around the Cross property.
(c) They cut the neighbors' grass.
(d) They paint their relatives' houses.

12. What kind of car does Reverend Greene drive?
(a) A Ford.
(b) A Honda.
(c) An Oldsmobile.
(d) A Hyundai.

13. 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.

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

15. Which of Jonnie Mae's daughters never married?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Rose.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Reverend Greene teach school during his first jobs?

2. What does Reverend Greene consider as he helps Ruth to bed in the section titled Old Demonology?

3. How many children did Jethro and Ruth have?

4. What two occasions does Rose return to North Carolina for after she leaves for the final time?

5. What is Reverend Greene's middle name?

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