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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. Who was the oldest of Ezra Cross's children?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Luke.
(d) James.

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

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?
(a) Whether or not to preserve the last standing slave market.
(b) Whether or not to prosecute a black man who had killed a white man in self-defense.
(c) Whether or not to preserve the statue of a confederate general.
(d) Whether or not to prosecute white police officers there for killing an unarmed black man.

4. How does Gideon respond when Horace writes him a letter telling him he has feelings for him?
(a) He tells Horace he has had a crush on Horace for years.
(b) He tells Horace it is against God's teachings to be gay.
(c) He tells Horace he will tell everyone that Horace is gay.
(d) He tells Horace he is repulsed.

5. How did Zeke feel about his father?
(a) He hated him.
(b) He resented him.
(c) He feared him.
(d) He worshiped him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose car does Horace steal at the end of the section titled Black Necromancy?

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

3. What was the name of Zeke's son who had died five years after his birth?

4. Who is Reverend Jimmy Greene's grandmother?

5. Why does Zeke feel he has to be especially polite to Jimmy in the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?

(see the answer key)

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