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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 171 - 208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Greene consider as he helps Ruth to bed in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) The many ways in which things in all their lives could have been different.
(b) Whether he will have enough money for her care.
(c) Whether Ruth will ever see her children again.
(d) Whether he will be reunited with his wife in heaven.

2. Why does Zeke refuse to let Horace eat Thanksgiving dinner with the family in 1983?
(a) He has just stolen money from Zeke.
(b) He has just gotten drunk and come home way after curfew.
(c) He has just pierced his ear.
(d) He has just been caught kissing another boy.

3. Who was Horace's father?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Zeke.

4. Who was one of Horace's first girlfriends?
(a) Gracie Mae Mayfield.
(b) Amy Williams.
(c) Melissa Maynard.
(d) Rose Herlands.

5. Who does Horace have his first homosexual sexual experiences with?
(a) John Anthony.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Everett.
(d) Gideon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Reverend Greene during his freshman year of college?

2. What writer does Kenan begin the section titled Holy Science with a quote from?

3. What does Ruth silently ask God to do for Asa?

4. What does Ruth do with the little girl in the mechanic's shop that seems to lighten her mood?

5. What does Reverend Greene finally admit to himself in the section titled Old Demonology?

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