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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Horace attempt to summon with his spell?
(a) A god.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A fairy godmother.
(d) A demon.

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 prosecute white police officers there for killing an unarmed black man.
(d) Whether or not to preserve the statue of a confederate general.

4. Why is Zeke physically uncomfortable in the car in the beginning of the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?
(a) His hands are chronically cold.
(b) His throat is very sore.
(c) His arthritis is bothering him.
(d) He has to go to the bathroom badly.

5. What is one of the sounds of creatures that Horace hears after he hears the voice for the first time in the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) Dogs barking.
(b) Foxes whining.
(c) Lions roaring.
(d) Frogs croaking.

6. What kind of community event do Ruth and Zeke discuss in the car with Jimmy in the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) A barn burning.
(b) A tobacco-picking party.
(c) A hog killing.
(d) A harvest festival.

7. Why does Horace decide not to leave his grandfather a note before he performs his spell?
(a) He thinks his grandfather will think it is just a joke and be confused.
(b) He does not want to upset his grandfather.
(c) His grandfather can not read.
(d) He is afraid his grandfather will find the note and try to stop him.

8. Who tells Horace that his grandmother has died?
(a) His mother Rose.
(b) His grandfather Zeke.
(c) His father Samuel.
(d) His aunts Ruth, Rachel, and Rebecca.

9. What is unusual about Jimmy's favorite professor at seminary?
(a) He was a Christian Jew.
(b) He was much older than the other professors.
(c) He had converted to Christianity from Islam.
(d) He was much younger than the other professors.

10. Why was Zeke so angry at Horace during the time period when Horace was working at the theater?
(a) Horace told Zeke he wanted to be an actor, which Zeke did not approve of.
(b) Horace told Zeke he did not want to be a preacher, which Zeke had wanted him to be.
(c) Horace came home way past his curfew and drunk.
(d) Horace told Zeke he thought he might be gay.

11. Which animal did Horace consider changing himself into at first?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A fox.
(d) A snake.

12. Why was Zeke so happy when Horace said he wanted to run track?
(a) He was happy to see Horace doing something that would help him make friends.
(b) He was happy to see Horace doing something that would build his muscle.
(c) He was happy to see Horace doing something other than reading.
(d) He was happy to see Horace doing something that might win him a college scholarship.

13. Why does Zeke feel he has to be especially polite to Jimmy in the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?
(a) Because Ruth is being so rude, and he wants to balance out her behavior.
(b) Because Zeke has been very curt with Jimmy in the past.
(c) Because Jimmy has helped Zeke in the aftermath of Horace's suicide.
(d) Because Jimmy is really going out of his way to help him.

14. What does Horace see happen to Reverend Barden in his vision in the section Black Necromancy?
(a) He sees Reverend Barden's head get cut off.
(b) He sees Reverend Barden get baptized.
(c) He sees Reverend Barden get shot.
(d) He sees Reverend Barden get burned.

15. Who was Horace's father?
(a) Zeke.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator lament about the changes in modern times compared to the hog-killing days?

2. How does Jimmy's brother feel about his wife?

3. What does Horace's friend John Anthony call him?

4. Who were the two men Zeke remembers fighting over Amy Williams in his youth?

5. What does the demon do to Horace when he disobeys him at the start of the section titled April 30, 1984, 1:15 a.m.?

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