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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family treat Rose when she returns in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) They are indifferent to her.
(b) They treat her like a servant girl, belittling and humiliating her.
(c) They say she can stay, but on the condition that she goes back to school to get her degree.
(d) They treat her like a prodigal daughter, welcoming her with open arms.

2. What does Reverend Greene think was part of Horace's reason for existing, in hindsight, as he describes it in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) To have sons that would help on the Cross family farm and keep the family business going.
(b) To prove that his father was not really a bad man.
(c) For the salvation of his people.
(d) To make a lot of money to bring back to the community.

3. What does Ruth do with the little girl in the mechanic's shop that seems to lighten her mood?
(a) Has an ice cream.
(b) Takes a nap.
(c) Plays a video game.
(d) Reads a story.

4. What does Reverend Greene consider as he helps Ruth to bed in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Whether Ruth will ever see her children again.
(b) Whether he will have enough money for her care.
(c) The many ways in which things in all their lives could have been different.
(d) Whether he will be reunited with his wife in heaven.

5. In what year does Horace ask Jimmy Greene, the reverend, for advice on a serious matter that is troubling him?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1983.

6. Who does Horace have his first homosexual sexual experiences with?
(a) Everett.
(b) Gideon.
(c) John Anthony.
(d) Jimmy.

7. What does Horace's and Gideon's science experiment involve in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Harmonics.
(b) Non-Newtonian liquids.
(c) Mendelian properties.
(d) Complicated chemistry.

8. Who is the one person who comforts Rose when she is upset at her mother's death?
(a) Reverend Greene.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Zeke.
(d) Lester.

9. What is Reverend Greene's middle name?
(a) Matthew.
(b) John.
(c) Malachai.
(d) Michael.

10. Who was one of Horace's first girlfriends?
(a) Gracie Mae Mayfield.
(b) Melissa Maynard.
(c) Amy Williams.
(d) Rose Herlands.

11. What is the waitress's name who waits on Zeke, Ruth, and Jimmy in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Sue.
(b) Cristina.
(c) Linda.
(d) Anne.

12. How old was Reverend Greene when he was baptized?
(a) 18.
(b) 25.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

13. What does Reverend Greene finally admit to himself in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) That things were not idyllic with his marriage to Anne.
(b) That his time in seminary school was without controversy.
(c) That he should have been more sympathetic to his mother's problems.
(d) That he plagiarizes his sermons often.

14. Who was the oldest of Ezra Cross's children?
(a) James.
(b) Ezekiel.
(c) Luke.
(d) Thomas.

15. How old was Rose when she disappeared from the family?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Cross family upset at the start of Thanksgiving dinner in 1983?

2. What happens to Reverend Greene, Zeke, and Ruth in the section titled Old Demonology that prolongs the misery of their trip to see Asa?

3. What project does Horace undertake with his Uncle Lester in the section titled Holy Science?

4. Where does Rose move when she leaves her hometown?

5. Which of Jonnie Mae's daughters never married?

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