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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 was one major defining characteristic of Zeke's wife as he remembers her?
(a) She was very beautiful physically.
(b) She was a skilled herbalist.
(c) She was an extremely hard worker.
(d) She was an excellent seamstress.

2. Who does Jimmy offer to help up from a fall in the first part of the section titled White Sorcery?
(a) Zeke.
(b) Horace.
(c) Rose.
(d) Ruth.

3. Why was Zeke so happy when Horace said he wanted to run track?
(a) He was happy to see Horace doing something other than reading.
(b) He was happy to see Horace doing something that might win him a college scholarship.
(c) He was happy to see Horace doing something that would build his muscle.
(d) He was happy to see Horace doing something that would help him make friends.

4. 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) He has to go to the bathroom badly.
(c) His arthritis is bothering him.
(d) His throat is very sore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first car Zeke ever saw?

2. How did Zeke feel about his father?

3. What kind of disposition did Thomas Cross have?

4. Who was Jimmy's grandmother?

5. What does the Reverend Barden do to Horace during Horace's vision in the section Black Necromancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zeke remember Horace's father, Sammy?

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

3. How does Zeke feel about his own father, Thomas Cross?

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

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

6. How does Zeke remember his life with his wife, Retha (short for Aretha)?

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

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

9. What significant historical event did Zeke's grandfather, Ezra, live through?

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

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