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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 is one of the first signs for Horace that his spell might be working?
(a) It starts to rain.
(b) He hears birds making a racket overhead.
(c) A rogue wave from the river washes over him.
(d) A fire starts spontaneously at his feet.

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 bleeding from a bullet wound.
(c) Horace has lost several teeth.
(d) Horace is speaking gibberish, carrying a gun, and wearing only a coat.

3. What kind of car does Gideon steal at the end of the section titled Black Necromancy?
(a) A puke-green Buick.
(b) A red pickup truck.
(c) A silver Sonata.
(d) A black Honda.

4. How many times does Horace perform the chant for his spell?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. How did Zeke's father initially react to the news that Zeke was marrying his wife?
(a) He gave Zeke his blessing.
(b) He tried to talk Zeke out of it.
(c) He tried to convince Zeke to marry one of the neighbors.
(d) He tried to convince Zeke to marry one of his cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Horace substitute in his transformation spell in place of a sea monster's tooth?

2. Who tells Horace that his grandmother has died?

3. What kind of animal does Horace settle on changing himself into?

4. What was one of the women's jobs during a hog killing?

5. Who does Jimmy offer to help up from a fall in the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What particular part of Horace's spell to transform himself into an animal does he struggle with morally?

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

3. How did Retha's death affect Horace?

4. 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?

5. What is a main driving force in Horace's grandfather Zeke's life?

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

7. What kinds of books does Horace like, judging from how he has decorated his bedroom at home?

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

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

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

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