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

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

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

4. Who was one of Jimmy's favorite professors at seminary?
(a) Jacob Laurie.
(b) James Zogby.
(c) Ryan McHenry.
(d) Philip Schnider.

5. What does Horace attempt to summon with his spell?
(a) A fairy godmother.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A god.
(d) A demon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jimmy's brother feel about his wife?

3. Which animal did Horace consider changing himself into at first?

4. Which work of William Gibson's does Kenan use a quote from in the very beginning of the book?

5. What did the older men teach the young boys to do on a hog killing day?

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