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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 103).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the sounds of creatures that Horace hears after he hears the voice for the first time in the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) Frogs croaking.
(b) Dogs barking.
(c) Foxes whining.
(d) Lions roaring.

2. About how old was Zeke when he helped his father build their house?
(a) 20.
(b) 14.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

3. What significant historical period or event did Zeke's grandfather Ezra live through?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) The Civil Rights Movement.
(d) The War of 1812.

4. 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?
(a) Whether or not to prosecute a black man who had killed a white man in self-defense.
(b) Whether or not to prosecute white police officers there for killing an unarmed black man.
(c) Whether or not to preserve the last standing slave market.
(d) Whether or not to preserve the statue of a confederate general.

5. What does Horace begin to realize about the effects of being his grandfather's grandson as he gets older?
(a) His grandfather is respected in the community, so people treat Horace better than they would many other kids his age.
(b) A lot of people owe his grandfather money, so they are especially nice to Horace.
(c) Horace's grandfather can pull strings with politicians, so people try to get Horace to put in a good word for them with his grandfather.
(d) Horace's grandfather has been nasty to many people, so people treat Horace badly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the two men Zeke remembers fighting over Amy Williams in his youth?

2. Who stopped the fight between the two men over Amy Williams from Zeke's youth?

3. What does the demon do to Horace when he disobeys him at the start of the section titled April 30, 1984, 1:15 a.m.?

4. What problem did Ruth's husband Jethro struggle with throughout his life?

5. What does Horace's friend John Anthony call him?

(see the answer key)

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