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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. What does Horace begin to realize about the effects of being his grandfather's grandson as he gets older?
(a) A lot of people owe his grandfather money, so they are especially nice to Horace.
(b) His grandfather is respected in the community, so people treat Horace better than they would many other kids his age.
(c) Horace's grandfather can pull strings with politicians, so people try to get Horace to put in a good word for them with his grandfather.
(d) Horace's grandfather has been nasty to many people, so people treat Horace badly.

2. What does Reverend Greene's wife Anne die from?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Accidental drug overdose.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Car accident.

3. What does Ruth silently ask God to do for Asa?
(a) She asks God to cure Asa.
(b) She asks God to end Asa's life sooner so he does not suffer as much.
(c) She asks God to make sure Asa is reunited with his beloved son in heaven.
(d) She asks God to put Asa's suffering on her instead.

4. What significant historical period or event did Zeke's grandfather Ezra live through?
(a) The War of 1812.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) The Civil Rights Movement.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

5. What does Horace's friend John Anthony call him?
(a) The Miracle Worker.
(b) The Man of the Hour.
(c) The Great Black Hope.
(d) The Comeback Kid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Zeke's wife?

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

3. Who is one of Asa's daugthers?

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

5. What kind of fruit does Horace eat every year even though he is warned it will make him sick?

(see the answer key)

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