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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 209 - 257).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem did Ruth's husband Jethro struggle with throughout his life?
(a) Cerebral Palsy.
(b) Chronic arthritis.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Multiple Sclerosis.

2. What does the narrator lament about the changes in modern times compared to the hog-killing days?
(a) No one really lives in the town anymore, so there are no children to teach traditional ways to.
(b) The children will not know how to kill and dress their own food.
(c) People have lost the communal traditions and strong sense of community that hog killings fostered.
(d) The supermarket sausages are not as good.

3. What does Reverend Greene's wife Anne die from?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Accidental drug overdose.

4. What does Reverend Greene tell Zeke he thinks about Zeke in the section titled Old Demonology, after Zeke argues with Ruth?
(a) That he thinks Zeke should take some blood pressure medication.
(b) That he thinks Zeke should retire as a preacher.
(c) That he thinks Zeke needs counseling.
(d) That he is ashamed of Zeke.

5. Who does Jimmy offer to help up from a fall in the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) Zeke.
(b) Rose.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Horace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Rose loves that her mother Jonnie Mae cannot understand?

2. 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.?

3. Which companies had contributed funds to the building of the Crosstown Theater?

4. What is one of Horace's positive memories of his aunts from his elementary school years?

5. How does the family treat Rose when she returns in the section titled Holy Science?

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