2. 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) Takes a nap.
(d) Reads a story.

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

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

5. How many children did Jethro and Ruth have?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

6. When does Reverend Greene realize he hears the call to God?
(a) At a revival meeting as a teenager.
(b) At his mother's funeral.
(c) At his son's birth.
(d) At his best friend's sudden death.

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

8. Who chases Horace in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Reverend Greene.
(b) Five young white men.
(c) The police.
(d) Zeke.

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

10. What did Jethro say to Ruth the one time she remembers him expressing regret?
(a) He told her he wished her life did not have to be so hard and that he is not worthy of her.
(b) He told her he should have married his neighbor instead of her.
(c) He told her she should not have had so many children.
(d) He told her he should have allowed her to go back to work.

11. How many children did Zeke's grandfather Ezra have in total?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

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

13. 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) Sexually intimate moments.
(b) The painful medical visits they had when they were desperately trying to conceive a child.
(c) Times when they went on picnics.
(d) Various vacations they took together abroad.

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

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