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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the one thing Rose loves that her mother Jonnie Mae cannot understand?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Painting.
(c) The North.
(d) Pleasure.

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

4. 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) Plays a video game.
(c) Reads a story.
(d) Takes a nap.

5. What does Horace do to Gideon in the locker room at school in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) He kicks Gideon in the groin.
(b) He shoots Gideon.
(c) He stabs Gideon.
(d) He punches Gideon hard in the face.

6. What does Reverend Greene do as he leaves Ruth's house in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Scream.
(b) Cry.
(c) Hit a deer accidentally with his car.
(d) Hit his steering wheel hard in frustration.

7. Who is Reverend Jimmy Greene's grandmother?
(a) Rachel Cross.
(b) Amy Williams.
(c) Jonnie Mae Cross.
(d) Rose Cross.

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

9. What kinds of moments does Reverend Greene recall from his time with his wife Anne in the beginning of the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Various vacations they took together abroad.
(b) Sexually intimate moments.
(c) The painful medical visits they had when they were desperately trying to conceive a child.
(d) Times when they went on picnics.

10. Where does Reverend Greene teach school during his first jobs?
(a) Chicago.
(b) The Bronx, New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Wake County Public Schools.

11. Where does Rose move when she leaves her hometown?
(a) The Southwest.
(b) The West Coast.
(c) The Midwest.
(d) The East Coast.

12. How are Asa Cross and Ruth Cross related?
(a) Asa is Ruth's ex-husband.
(b) Asa is Ruth's brother.
(c) Asa is Ruth's uncle.
(d) Asa is Ruth's late husband's cousin.

13. What always bothered Reverend Greene about Anne?
(a) Her atheism.
(b) Her mood swings.
(c) Her self-contained ease.
(d) Her eating habits.

14. What is Reverend Greene's wife's full maiden name?
(a) Mary Jefferson Clark.
(b) Anne Richards Robinson.
(c) Mary Anne Richards.
(d) Anne Gazelle DuBois.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Zeke's grandfather Ezra have in total?

2. Which reverend gives the blessing at the Cross's Thanksgiving dinner in 1983?

3. Who is one of Asa's daugthers?

4. What does Anne do that completely upends Reverend Greene's view of their marriage?

5. What is Reverend Greene's middle name?

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