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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. In what year does Kenan set the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1985.

2. What problem did Ruth's husband Jethro struggle with throughout his life?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Cerebral Palsy.
(d) Chronic arthritis.

3. Who is the one person who comforts Rose when she is upset at her mother's death?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Lester.
(c) Reverend Greene.
(d) Zeke.

4. What is the one thing Rose loves that her mother Jonnie Mae cannot understand?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Painting.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) The North.

5. What does the narrator lament about the changes in modern times compared to the hog-killing days?
(a) The children will not know how to kill and dress their own food.
(b) No one really lives in the town anymore, so there are no children to teach traditional ways to.
(c) People have lost the communal traditions and strong sense of community that hog killings fostered.
(d) The supermarket sausages are not as good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Horace fleetingly think about the last apparition of the demon in the end of the section titled Holy Science?

2. How could Ruth often tell if her husband Jethro came home drunk?

3. How many times does Horace perform the chant for his spell?

4. What does Horace attempt to summon with his spell?

5. Who was Zeke's wife?

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