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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Horace attempt to summon with his spell?
(a) A god.
(b) A fairy godmother.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) A demon.

2. What startles Jimmy about Horace when Horace appears in the schoolyard behind Tims Creek Elementary on April 30, 1984?
(a) Horace has painted his face entirely with white paint.
(b) Horace is speaking gibberish, carrying a gun, and wearing only a coat.
(c) Horace has lost several teeth.
(d) Horace is bleeding from a bullet wound.

3. Why is Zeke physically uncomfortable in the car in the beginning of the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?
(a) His hands are chronically cold.
(b) His throat is very sore.
(c) He has to go to the bathroom badly.
(d) His arthritis is bothering him.

4. What kind of fruit does Horace eat every year even though he is warned it will make him sick?
(a) Damsenberries.
(b) Wild blueberries.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Small green horse apples.

5. How many children did Zeke have as a result of his affairs outside of his marriage?
(a) 2 that he knows of.
(b) 3 that he knows of.
(c) 5 that he knows of.
(d) 4 that he knows of.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Kenan set the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?

2. How does Jimmy's brother feel about his wife?

3. Who does Horace live with in the section titled White Sorcery?

4. What does the demon tell Horace to do to Reverend Barden in the section Black Necromancy?

5. What is the name of Horace's elementary school?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the section titled April 30, 1984, 1:15 a.m., what does the demon instruct Horace to kill?

2. What kind of animal does Horace decide to turn himself into and why?

3. What kind of a student and child is Horace Cross before he performs his spell?

4. What historical structure in Fayetteville causes controversy over whether or not it should be removed?

5. Why does Reverend Greene's mentor, Philip Schnider, tell him he will make a great theologian?

6. Where does Reverend Greene take Ruth and Zeke in his car in the section titled December 8, 1985?

7. What does Zeke remember about Cyrus Johns and Cicero Edmunds fighting over?

8. What format does Reverend Greene's conversation with Horace beginning on page 40 take?

9. What are some of Horace's interests that converge to lead him to try casting a spell?

10. What does the demon ask Horace to do in the church in the section titled April 30, 1985, 1:15 a.m., and why is this significant?

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