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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 Reverend Greene's middle name?
(a) Malachai.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Michael.
(d) John.

2. What do Ruth and Zeke talk about that breaks the tension and their streak of fighting in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Hog killing.
(b) The church.
(c) The weather.
(d) Horace.

3. What does Reverend Greene think was part of Horace's reason for existing, in hindsight, as he describes it in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) For the salvation of his people.
(b) To have sons that would help on the Cross family farm and keep the family business going.
(c) To prove that his father was not really a bad man.
(d) To make a lot of money to bring back to the community.

4. How could Ruth often tell if her husband Jethro came home drunk?
(a) She could hear him fighting with the neighbor.
(b) She could hear him fumbling with and dropping his keys outside their door.
(c) She could smell the liquor on him from feet away.
(d) She could hear him singing the same tune coming up the lane.

5. What is the little girl's name at the mechanic's shop?
(a) Amy.
(b) Rose.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Micheline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chases Horace in the section titled Holy Science?

2. What always bothered Reverend Greene about Anne?

3. Where does Rose move when she leaves her hometown?

4. Why is Ruth so resentful towards Reverend Jimmy Greene?

5. What does Reverend Greene tell Zeke he thinks about Zeke in the section titled Old Demonology, after Zeke argues with Ruth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruth say in her silent prayer for Asa Cross in the section titled Holy Science?

2. In the section titled Old Demonology, what conclusion does Reverend Greene come to about the pressures Horace faced from his family?

3. What is Horace's family's reaction to seeing his earring at Thanksgiving dinner in the section Old Demonology?

4. What does Reverend Greene tell Horace in the section titled Holy Science about the problem Horace confides in him about?

5. What does the woman at the car repair shop do for Zeke, Ruth and Reverend Greene that lightens the tension and brightens their day?

6. What does Zeke accuse Ruth of doing to him and the rest of the Cross family in the section titled Old Demonology?

7. What does Anne do that shakes the foundation of her marriage with Reverend Greene?

8. What does Reverend Greene admit about his life with his wife Anne before she passed away?

9. Where does Horace go with his demon in the section titled April 30, 1984, 2:40 a.m.?

10. What was one of the big problems with Reverend Greene's great-uncle Jethro, who was married to Ruth?

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