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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gideon respond when Horace writes him a letter telling him he has feelings for him?
(a) He tells Horace he is repulsed.
(b) He tells Horace he has had a crush on Horace for years.
(c) He tells Horace he will tell everyone that Horace is gay.
(d) He tells Horace it is against God's teachings to be gay.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What writer does Kenan begin the section titled Holy Science with a quote from?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) William Wordsworth.

6. What is the little girl's name at the mechanic's shop?
(a) Micheline.
(b) Amy.
(c) Rose.
(d) Michelle.

7. What happens to Ruth in the elevator of the nursing home while visiting Asa that sends her into a fit?
(a) The air conditioning clicks off in the elevator, leaving it sweltering.
(b) The door knocks into her, sending her falling.
(c) The elevator gets stuck in a power outage.
(d) The elevator cable cuts loose, sending her plummeting down the shaft.

8. Why is the Cross family upset at the start of Thanksgiving dinner in 1983?
(a) The reverend is sick so he can not be there.
(b) Horace is late.
(c) They have just lost their family matriarch, Retha.
(d) The turkey has burned.

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

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

11. Who was Horace's biology teacher whose class he has a vision of in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Clare Pettigrew.
(b) Clarissa Hedgeson.
(c) Joanne Rawlings.
(d) Monica Boden.

12. Which of Jonnie Mae's daughters never married?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Rose.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Rebecca.

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

14. Who is one of Asa's daugthers?
(a) Rose.
(b) Tisha Anne.
(c) Jonnie Mae.
(d) Rachel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth do with the little girl in the mechanic's shop that seems to lighten her mood?

2. What does Reverend Greene's wife Anne die from?

3. What kind of car does Reverend Greene drive?

4. Who is Reverend Jimmy Greene's grandmother?

5. What is Reverend Greene's wife's full maiden name?

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