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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Horace live with in the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) His grandfather, Zeke.
(b) His cousin Ann.
(c) His father Samuel.
(d) His grandmother Retha.

2. In what year does Kenan set the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1985.

3. What does Ruth claim to have predictive powers about?
(a) Weather prediction.
(b) Successful matchmaking.
(c) Predicting tragedies.
(d) Seeing into the future.

4. What did the women always do as they worked on a hog killing day?
(a) Talk and gossip constantly.
(b) Clean the knives.
(c) Clean the guns.
(d) Tend to the garden.

5. What does Horace substitute in his transformation spell in place of a sea monster's tooth?
(a) A shark's tooth.
(b) A dog's tooth.
(c) A snake's fang.
(d) His own tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of Jimmy's favorite professors at seminary?

2. What was one of the women's jobs during a hog killing?

3. Which librarian does Horace encounter in the section titled White Sorcery?

4. What is one book Horace uses to inform his transformation?

5. Who is the clerical worker who always covers her typewriter before going home from the school Jimmy runs?

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