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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 the Reverend Barden do to Horace during Horace's vision in the section Black Necromancy?
(a) Puts him in a coffin.
(b) Baptizes him.
(c) Cuts his arm.
(d) Marks his forehead with ashes.

2. What is one of Horace's positive memories of his aunts from his elementary school years?
(a) They bought him many books.
(b) They spoke to his principal and advocated for him when he had gotten into a fight with a white boy.
(c) They made him delicious packed lunches.
(d) They let him dress as a girl without criticizing him.

3. Who was Zeke's wife?
(a) Retha.
(b) Rose.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Anne.

4. When does Reverend Greene realize he hears the call to God?
(a) At his best friend's sudden death.
(b) At his son's birth.
(c) At his mother's funeral.
(d) At a revival meeting as a teenager.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Greene tell Zeke he thinks about Zeke in the section titled Old Demonology, after Zeke argues with Ruth?

2. How did Zeke's father initially react to the news that Zeke was marrying his wife?

3. Why does Zeke feel he has to be especially polite to Jimmy in the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?

4. Why is Jonnie Mae so upset that Horace has a new group of all-white friends?

5. What is there controversy about in the town of Fayetteville that Zeke ruminates on as Jimmy drives him to the nursing home in the section titled Black Necromancy?

(see the answer key)

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