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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 107 - 168).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Zeke physically uncomfortable in the car in the beginning of the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?
(a) His arthritis is bothering him.
(b) He has to go to the bathroom badly.
(c) His hands are chronically cold.
(d) His throat is very sore.

2. Which work of William Gibson's does Kenan use a quote from in the very beginning of the book?
(a) Pattern Recognition.
(b) Peripheral.
(c) Count Zero.
(d) Neuromancer.

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

4. What Charles Dickens book does Kenan open the novel with a quote from?
(a) A Christmas Carol.
(b) Oliver Twist.
(c) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) A Midsummer Night's Dream.

5. What happens to Ruth in the elevator of the nursing home while visiting Asa that sends her into a fit?
(a) The air conditioning clicks off in the elevator, leaving it sweltering.
(b) The elevator gets stuck in a power outage.
(c) The door knocks into her, sending her falling.
(d) The elevator cable cuts loose, sending her plummeting down the shaft.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Zeke so angry at Horace during the time period when Horace was working at the theater?

3. Who was Horace's father?

4. Why was Zeke so happy when Horace said he wanted to run track?

5. Who tells Horace that his grandmother has died?

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