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

2. Where does Rose move when she leaves her hometown?
(a) The East Coast.
(b) The Southwest.
(c) The West Coast.
(d) The Midwest.

3. What did Jethro say to Ruth the one time she remembers him expressing regret?
(a) He told her she should not have had so many children.
(b) He told her he should have allowed her to go back to work.
(c) He told her he should have married his neighbor instead of her.
(d) He told her he wished her life did not have to be so hard and that he is not worthy of her.

4. What does Horace fleetingly think about the last apparition of the demon in the end of the section titled Holy Science?
(a) He thinks it may have been his salvation.
(b) He thinks it means to guide him to find his long-lost mother.
(c) He thinks it is there to kill him.
(d) He thinks it means to reunite him with his dead father.

5. How old was Rose when she disappeared from the family?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Horace ask Jimmy Greene, the reverend, for advice on a serious matter that is troubling him?

2. What happens to Reverend Greene, Zeke, and Ruth in the section titled Old Demonology that prolongs the misery of their trip to see Asa?

3. Who was the oldest of Ezra Cross's children?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Horace decide to try sports?

7. What was Reverend Greene's relationship with his mother, Rose, like?

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

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

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

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