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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Zeke's father initially react to the news that Zeke was marrying his wife?
(a) He gave Zeke his blessing.
(b) He tried to convince Zeke to marry one of the neighbors.
(c) He tried to talk Zeke out of it.
(d) He tried to convince Zeke to marry one of his cousins.

3. What did the women always do as they worked on a hog killing day?
(a) Clean the knives.
(b) Talk and gossip constantly.
(c) Tend to the garden.
(d) Clean the guns.

4. In the section titled April 30, 1984, 1:15 a.m., what does the demon tell Horace to kill?
(a) A cat, which looks to Horace like a lion.
(b) A dragon, which in reality is a car on the road.
(c) A snake, which is really a worm.
(d) A baby, which Horace can not bring himself to do.

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

6. What was one major defining characteristic of Zeke's wife as he remembers her?
(a) She was very beautiful physically.
(b) She was an excellent seamstress.
(c) She was an extremely hard worker.
(d) She was a skilled herbalist.

7. Which librarian does Horace encounter in the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) Mr. Hightower.
(b) Mrs. Stokes.
(c) Mrs. Storkes.
(d) Mr. Warrington.

8. What startles Jimmy about Horace when Horace appears in the schoolyard behind Tims Creek Elementary on April 30, 1984?
(a) Horace has painted his face entirely with white paint.
(b) Horace is speaking gibberish, carrying a gun, and wearing only a coat.
(c) Horace is bleeding from a bullet wound.
(d) Horace has lost several teeth.

9. 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 preserve the statue of a confederate general.
(c) Whether or not to prosecute a black man who had killed a white man in self-defense.
(d) Whether or not to prosecute white police officers there for killing an unarmed black man.

10. What kind of disposition did Thomas Cross have?
(a) He was gentle and straightforward.
(b) He was whip-smart and sharp.
(c) He was rowdy and boisterous.
(d) He was solemn and serious.

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

12. Whose car does Horace steal at the end of the section titled Black Necromancy?
(a) Ezra's.
(b) His Aunt Ruth's.
(c) Daisy Sapphire's.
(d) Luther Stone's.

13. What was the first car Zeke ever saw?
(a) A Studebaker.
(b) A Mustang.
(c) A Ford F-150.
(d) A Model A Ford.

14. What is the name of Horace's elementary school?
(a) Hog's Peak Elementary School.
(b) Fayetteville Elementary School.
(c) Tims Creek Elementary School.
(d) Stone River Elementary School.

15. Who were the two men Zeke remembers fighting over Amy Williams in his youth?
(a) Cyrus and Cyril.
(b) Edmund and Henry.
(c) Cyrus and Cicero.
(d) Cicero and Cyril.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Zeke's daughter who only lived one year?

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

3. What was the name of Zeke's son who had died five years after his birth?

4. Who does Horace live with in the section titled White Sorcery?

5. What is one of the first signs for Horace that his spell might be working?

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