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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 103).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one major defining characteristic of Zeke's wife as he remembers her?
(a) She was very beautiful physically.
(b) She was an excellent seamstress.
(c) She was a skilled herbalist.
(d) She was an extremely hard worker.

2. How many times does Horace perform the chant for his spell?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. Who was Jimmy's grandmother?
(a) Jonnie Mae Cross.
(b) Retha Cross.
(c) Rose Cross.
(d) Rachel Cross.

4. Why was Zeke so angry at Horace during the time period when Horace was working at the theater?
(a) Horace told Zeke he wanted to be an actor, which Zeke did not approve of.
(b) Horace told Zeke he thought he might be gay.
(c) Horace told Zeke he did not want to be a preacher, which Zeke had wanted him to be.
(d) Horace came home way past his curfew and drunk.

5. How did Zeke's father initially react to the news that Zeke was marrying his wife?
(a) He tried to convince Zeke to marry one of the neighbors.
(b) He tried to talk Zeke out of it.
(c) He tried to convince Zeke to marry one of his cousins.
(d) He gave Zeke his blessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Horace's father?

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

3. What is there controversy about in the town of Fayetteville that Zeke ruminates on as Jimmy drives him to the nursing home in the section titled Black Necromancy?

4. Who tells Horace that his grandmother has died?

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

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