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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Charles Dickens book does Kenan open the novel with a quote from?
(a) A Christmas Carol.
(b) Oliver Twist.
(c) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) A Midsummer Night's Dream.

2. What is the only book Zeke ever reads?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) The Grapes of Wrath.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Farmer's Almanac.

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

4. Which work of William Gibson's does Kenan use a quote from in the very beginning of the book?
(a) Peripheral.
(b) Pattern Recognition.
(c) Neuromancer.
(d) Count Zero.

5. What did the older men teach the young boys to do on a hog killing day?
(a) Make sausages.
(b) Dress a hog.
(c) Shoot a hog.
(d) Calm a hog.

6. Who was Horace's best friend since kindergarten?
(a) John Anthony.
(b) Everett.
(c) Michael.
(d) Gideon.

7. What was the name of Zeke's son who had died five years after his birth?
(a) Michael.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Horace.

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

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

10. Who was one of the most recent reverends at Zeke's church that he thinks about on his way to visit Asa in the section titled Black Necromancy?
(a) Reverend Barden.
(b) Reverend Johnson.
(c) Reverend Sounderland.
(d) Reverend Smith.

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

12. How does Jimmy's brother feel about his wife?
(a) He does not like her.
(b) He is indifferent to her.
(c) He is in love with her.
(d) He is very angry with her for walking out on Jimmy.

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

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

15. Who is Jimmy's wife?
(a) Carolyn.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Zeke Cross's father?

2. What was one of the women's jobs during a hog killing?

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

4. Who does Jimmy offer to help up from a fall in the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?

5. What did the women always do as they worked on a hog killing day?

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