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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 is the first thing the voice says to Horace in the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) Come.
(b) Walk with me.
(c) Pick up the spear.
(d) I am here.

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

3. What is one book Horace uses to inform his transformation?
(a) Encyclopedia of North American Birds.
(b) Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.
(c) Exotic Spells for Teenage Boys.
(d) The Biggest Cats of North America.

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

5. Who is the clerical worker who always covers her typewriter before going home from the school Jimmy runs?
(a) Mrs. Jeyton.
(b) Mrs. Just.
(c) Mrs. Right.
(d) Mrs. Neary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Horace substitute in his transformation spell in place of a sea monster's tooth?

3. What does the narrator lament about the changes in modern times compared to the hog-killing days?

4. In what year does Kenan set the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?

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

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