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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) Everett.
(b) Gideon.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) John Anthony.
2. What is Reverend Greene's middle name?
(a) John.
(b) Michael.
(c) Malachai.
(d) Matthew.
3. What do Ruth and Zeke talk about that breaks the tension and their streak of fighting in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) The weather.
(b) Hog killing.
(c) The church.
(d) Horace.
4. Why does Gideon's father admonish his mother in front of Horace?
(a) For offering him liquor.
(b) For not dressing for formally.
(c) For not offering him food.
(d) For using the word "hell."
5. Why is Jonnie Mae so upset that Horace has a new group of all-white friends?
(a) She thinks they will lead him astray and that it is dangerous for him to be spending time with them.
(b) She thinks they are using him to commit crimes.
(c) She thinks they are actually just making fun of him and will hurt his feelings, humiliating him.
(d) She thinks they will eventually physically harm him.
6. 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 it is against God's teachings to be gay.
(c) He tells Horace he will tell everyone that Horace is gay.
(d) He tells Horace he has had a crush on Horace for years.
7. Which of Jonnie Mae's daughters never married?
(a) Rose.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Rebecca.
8. Where does the Cross family celebrate Thanksgiving in 1983?
(a) At Rose's house.
(b) At Zeke's house.
(c) At Jonnie Mae's house.
(d) At a local diner.
9. What does Horace's and Gideon's science experiment involve in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Harmonics.
(b) Mendelian properties.
(c) Complicated chemistry.
(d) Non-Newtonian liquids.
10. What does Horace do to Gideon in the locker room at school in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) He punches Gideon hard in the face.
(b) He stabs Gideon.
(c) He shoots Gideon.
(d) He kicks Gideon in the groin.
11. What happens to Ruth in the elevator of the nursing home while visiting Asa that sends her into a fit?
(a) The elevator gets stuck in a power outage.
(b) The air conditioning clicks off in the elevator, leaving it sweltering.
(c) The door knocks into her, sending her falling.
(d) The elevator cable cuts loose, sending her plummeting down the shaft.
12. What two occasions does Rose return to North Carolina for after she leaves for the final time?
(a) The graduation of Reverend Jimmy Greene, her son, from the seminary.
(b) The funeral of her only son.
(c) The funeral of her only daughter.
(d) The funerals of her mother and father.
13. What happens to Reverend Greene, Zeke, and Ruth in the section titled Old Demonology that prolongs the misery of their trip to see Asa?
(a) Zeke gets lightheaded and faints.
(b) Ruth gets sick in the car.
(c) They run out of gas.
(d) The car breaks down.
14. Who chases Horace in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Zeke.
(b) Five young white men.
(c) The police.
(d) Reverend Greene.
15. 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 may have been his salvation.
(b) He thinks it is there to kill him.
(c) He thinks it means to guide him to find his long-lost mother.
(d) He thinks it means to reunite him with his dead father.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Zeke say he pulled a gun on a white man once in the section titled Holy Science?
2. What is the waitress's name who waits on Zeke, Ruth, and Jimmy in the section titled Old Demonology?
3. What is the little girl's name at the mechanic's shop?
4. Who is Gideon's father?
5. Why is Ruth so resentful towards Reverend Jimmy Greene?
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