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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) He hears birds making a racket overhead.
(b) A rogue wave from the river washes over him.
(c) A fire starts spontaneously at his feet.
(d) It starts to rain.

2. What does Ruth claim to have predictive powers about?
(a) Weather prediction.
(b) Successful matchmaking.
(c) Predicting tragedies.
(d) Seeing into the future.

3. How did Zeke feel about his father?
(a) He feared him.
(b) He hated him.
(c) He resented him.
(d) He worshiped him.

4. What is one book Horace uses to inform his transformation?
(a) Exotic Spells for Teenage Boys.
(b) The Biggest Cats of North America.
(c) Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.
(d) Encyclopedia of North American Birds.

5. What does the demon tell Horace to do to Reverend Barden in the section Black Necromancy?
(a) Baptize him.
(b) Bow before him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Feed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Zeke's son who had died five years after his birth?

2. Who was Horace's father?

3. What did the older men teach the young boys to do on a hog killing day?

4. What does Horace attempt to summon with his spell?

5. What does the narrator lament about the changes in modern times compared to the hog-killing days?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Reverend Greene's wife, Anne, say she wants to stay in the South?

6. 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?

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

8. What is Zeke's relationship with his sister-in-law Ruth like?

9. How did Retha's death affect Horace?

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

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