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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 are Ruth, Zeke, and Jimmy visiting in the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?
(a) Horace.
(b) Rose.
(c) Asa Cross.
(d) Jethro Cross.

2. What is one of Horace's positive memories of his aunts from his elementary school years?
(a) They bought him many books.
(b) They made him delicious packed lunches.
(c) They spoke to his principal and advocated for him when he had gotten into a fight with a white boy.
(d) They let him dress as a girl without criticizing him.

3. How old was Rose when she disappeared from the family?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

4. Who were the two men Zeke remembers fighting over Amy Williams in his youth?
(a) Cyrus and Cyril.
(b) Cyrus and Cicero.
(c) Edmund and Henry.
(d) Cicero and Cyril.

5. What was one of the women's jobs during a hog killing?
(a) To roast the pig on a spit.
(b) To clean and prepare the intestines for sausages.
(c) To slit the hog's throat.
(d) To keep the children occupied.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Horace begin to have second thoughts about having used in his spell at the end of the section titled White Sorcery?

2. What was the name of Zeke's daughter who only lived one year?

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

4. In what year does Horace ask Jimmy Greene, the reverend, for advice on a serious matter that is troubling him?

5. Who tells Horace that his grandmother has died?

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