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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which reverend gives the blessing at the Cross's Thanksgiving dinner in 1983?
(a) Reverend Johnson.
(b) Reverend Greene.
(c) Reverend Cross.
(d) Reverend Barden.

2. What project does Horace undertake with his Uncle Lester in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) They cut the neighbors' grass.
(b) They build a stone wall around the Cross property.
(c) They paint their relatives' houses.
(d) They begin clearing the forest for more farmland.

3. What two occasions does Rose return to North Carolina for after she leaves for the final time?
(a) The funeral of her only daughter.
(b) The funeral of her only son.
(c) The funerals of her mother and father.
(d) The graduation of Reverend Jimmy Greene, her son, from the seminary.

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

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

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

7. Who is Gideon's father?
(a) Lucius Stone.
(b) Luther Honeyblue.
(c) Magnus O'Dea.
(d) Zeke Cross.

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

9. What does Anne do that completely upends Reverend Greene's view of their marriage?
(a) She buys a house on her own.
(b) She sleeps with another man.
(c) She takes a new job without consulting with him.
(d) She sleeps with another woman.

10. 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) For the salvation of his people.
(c) To make a lot of money to bring back to the community.
(d) To prove that his father was not really a bad man.

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

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

13. What does Horace fleetingly think about the last apparition of the demon in the end of the section titled Holy Science?
(a) He thinks it means to reunite him with his dead father.
(b) He thinks it means to guide him to find his long-lost mother.
(c) He thinks it may have been his salvation.
(d) He thinks it is there to kill him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Reverend Greene during his freshman year of college?

2. What does Horace ask Reverend Jimmy Greene in the section titled Holy Science that takes Reverend Greene aback?

3. What kinds of moments does Reverend Greene recall from his time with his wife Anne in the beginning of the section titled Old Demonology?

4. Who is one of Asa's daugthers?

5. What does Reverend Greene do as he leaves Ruth's house in the section titled Old Demonology?

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