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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 Reverend Greene do as he leaves Ruth's house in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Cry.
(b) Hit a deer accidentally with his car.
(c) Hit his steering wheel hard in frustration.
(d) Scream.

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

3. Who was Horace's biology teacher whose class he has a vision of in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Monica Boden.
(b) Clarissa Hedgeson.
(c) Joanne Rawlings.
(d) Clare Pettigrew.

4. Who is the one person who comforts Rose when she is upset at her mother's death?
(a) Lester.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Reverend Greene.
(d) Zeke.

5. Which of Jonnie Mae's daughters never married?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Rose.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the ramblings of Asa's roommate, an old, confused white woman?

2. 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?

3. What does Reverend Greene finally admit to himself in the section titled Old Demonology?

4. What does Zeke ask the waitress about the hogs they use in their food in the section titled Old Demonology?

5. What kind of car does Reverend Greene drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the section titled Old Demonology, why is Jonnie Mae upset with Zeke at Thanksgiving dinner?

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

3. How does Reverend Greene know that Ruth and Zeke have more or less made amends from their argument in the section titled Old Demonology?

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

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

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

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

8. In the section titled Holy Science, what does Horace ask Reverend Greene after Sunday church service?

9. What circumstance brought Horace and Gideon together and eventually sparked their relationship?

10. What is Zeke known for in the community that serves as a bridge from the past to the future?

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