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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 171 - 208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Gideon's mother?
(a) Hyacinth.
(b) Rose.
(c) Viola.
(d) Dahlia.

2. Who was Zeke Cross's father?
(a) Ezra Cross.
(b) Jethro Cross.
(c) Timothy Cross.
(d) Thomas Cross.

3. What author does Kenan quote at the opening of the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Gwendolyn Brooks.
(b) bell hooks.
(c) Nikki Giovanni.
(d) Naomi Alderman.

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

5. About how old was Zeke when he helped his father build their house?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does Kenan begin the section titled Holy Science with a quote from?

2. Who was the "prettiest" boy in Horace's class?

3. What does Reverend Greene forget to do before he eats with Ruth and Zeke at the diner in the section titled Old Demonology?

4. 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?

5. How are Asa Cross and Ruth Cross related?

(see the answer key)

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