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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 the one thing Rose loves that her mother Jonnie Mae cannot understand?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Painting.
(d) The North.

2. What does Horace ask Reverend Jimmy Greene in the section titled Holy Science that takes Reverend Greene aback?
(a) He asks Reverend Greene if he would ever perform a gay marriage ceremony.
(b) He asks Reverend Greene if he enjoyed sexual experiences he had with men.
(c) He asks Reverend Greene to help him enroll in culinary school.
(d) He asks Reverend Greene to help him pay for college.

3. What does Horace ask Reverend Jimmy Greene for advice about that is troubling him in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Horace is worried that he is gay.
(b) Horace is troubled because he stole money from his grandfather and he feels guilty.
(c) Horace is troubled because he cheated on a test and he feels guilty.
(d) Horace is having trouble figuring out how to ask a girl on a date.

4. What two occasions does Rose return to North Carolina for after she leaves for the final time?
(a) The graduation of Reverend Jimmy Greene, her son, from the seminary.
(b) The funerals of her mother and father.
(c) The funeral of her only son.
(d) The funeral of her only daughter.

5. How many children did Jethro and Ruth have?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of moments does Reverend Greene recall from his time with his wife Anne in the beginning of the section titled Old Demonology?

2. What happens to Ruth in the elevator of the nursing home while visiting Asa that sends her into a fit?

3. How does Gideon respond when Horace writes him a letter telling him he has feelings for him?

4. What is Reverend Greene's wife's full maiden name?

5. Who is the one person who comforts Rose when she is upset at her mother's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the last thing that Rose says to Reverend Greene, her son?

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

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

4. What bothers Reverend Greene about his understanding of his late wife Anne?

5. What uncomfortable events take place in the nursing home when Ruth, Zeke, and Reverend Greene visit Asa in the section titled Holy Science?

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

7. What does Reverend Greene tell Zeke in the diner in the section Old Demonology that startles and disturbs Zeke?

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

9. Why does Horace decide to try sports?

10. Why is Ruth so upset to see Asa Cross, her late husband's cousin, so ill?

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