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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Kenan quote at the opening of the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Nikki Giovanni.
(b) Naomi Alderman.
(c) bell hooks.
(d) Gwendolyn Brooks.

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

3. Why does Zeke say he pulled a gun on a white man once in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Because the white man had stolen from him.
(b) Because the white man had insulted his son.
(c) Because the white man had insulted his wife.
(d) Because the white man had not paid him for work he had done.

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

5. What does Reverend Greene's wife Anne die from?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Accidental drug overdose.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Car accident.

6. How could Ruth often tell if her husband Jethro came home drunk?
(a) She could hear him fumbling with and dropping his keys outside their door.
(b) She could smell the liquor on him from feet away.
(c) She could hear him fighting with the neighbor.
(d) She could hear him singing the same tune coming up the lane.

7. What comments does Asa's roommate make that unnerve the Crosses?
(a) She makes insensitive comments about being old and dying in a nursing home.
(b) She makes comments insinuating she would like to hurt Asa.
(c) She makes comments insinuating she might be thinking of taking her own life.
(d) She makes comments insinuating she thinks Ruth is a servant.

8. When does Revered Greene meet his wife?
(a) During his first job right out of college.
(b) In elementary school.
(c) During the second half of his sophomore year of college.
(d) In high school.

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

10. What is one of the ramblings of Asa's roommate, an old, confused white woman?
(a) She is worried she is missing church.
(b) She is worried she is missing a friend's funeral.
(c) She is worried she is missing her niece's christening.
(d) She is worried about the running of her farm, which she remembers from her past.

11. Why does Gideon's father admonish his mother in front of Horace?
(a) For not offering him food.
(b) For using the word "hell."
(c) For not dressing for formally.
(d) For offering him liquor.

12. What does Reverend Greene tell Zeke he thinks about Zeke in the section titled Old Demonology, after Zeke argues with Ruth?
(a) That he thinks Zeke should retire as a preacher.
(b) That he thinks Zeke needs counseling.
(c) That he is ashamed of Zeke.
(d) That he thinks Zeke should take some blood pressure medication.

13. What does Horace ask Reverend Jimmy Greene for advice about that is troubling him in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Horace is having trouble figuring out how to ask a girl on a date.
(b) Horace is troubled because he stole money from his grandfather and he feels guilty.
(c) Horace is troubled because he cheated on a test and he feels guilty.
(d) Horace is worried that he is gay.

14. What does Zeke ask the waitress about the hogs they use in their food in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Whether they are halal.
(b) Whether they kill them themselves.
(c) Whether they are organic.
(d) Whether they are from America or imported from foreign countries.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family treat Rose when she returns in the section titled Holy Science?

2. Who is Reverend Jimmy Greene's grandmother?

3. Where does Reverend Greene teach school during his first jobs?

4. Who is Gideon's mother?

5. What does Reverend Greene forget to do before he eats with Ruth and Zeke at the diner in the section titled Old Demonology?

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