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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. Which animal did Horace consider changing himself into at first?
(a) A snake.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A fox.
(d) A rabbit.

2. What kind of animal does Horace settle on changing himself into?
(a) A dog.
(b) A red-tailed hawk.
(c) A leopard.
(d) A lion.

3. What did the older men teach the young boys to do on a hog killing day?
(a) Make sausages.
(b) Calm a hog.
(c) Shoot a hog.
(d) Dress a hog.

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) Tend to the garden.
(d) Clean the guns.

5. What sport does Horace participate in?
(a) Track.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Lacrosse.
(d) Hockey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth claim to have predictive powers about?

2. 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?

3. What Charles Dickens book does Kenan open the novel with a quote from?

4. Why does Jimmy's favorite professor tell him he will make a great preacher?

5. Why does Horace decide not to leave his grandfather a note before he performs his spell?

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