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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 does Horace begin to realize about the effects of being his grandfather's grandson as he gets older?
(a) A lot of people owe his grandfather money, so they are especially nice to Horace.
(b) Horace's grandfather has been nasty to many people, so people treat Horace badly.
(c) His grandfather is respected in the community, so people treat Horace better than they would many other kids his age.
(d) 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.

2. Who were the two men Zeke remembers fighting over Amy Williams in his youth?
(a) Edmund and Henry.
(b) Cyrus and Cicero.
(c) Cyrus and Cyril.
(d) Cicero and Cyril.

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

4. Who was Zeke Cross's father?
(a) Thomas Cross.
(b) Timothy Cross.
(c) Jethro Cross.
(d) Ezra Cross.

5. Whose car does Horace steal at the end of the section titled Black Necromancy?
(a) Luther Stone's.
(b) Ezra's.
(c) His Aunt Ruth's.
(d) Daisy Sapphire's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how old was Zeke when he helped his father build their house?

3. What is the only book Zeke ever reads?

4. What is unusual about Jimmy's favorite professor at seminary?

5. In the section titled April 30, 1984, 1:15 a.m., what does the demon tell Horace to kill?

(see the answer key)

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