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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 waitress's name who waits on Zeke, Ruth, and Jimmy in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Linda.
(b) Anne.
(c) Sue.
(d) Cristina.

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?
(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 make a lot of money to bring back to the community.
(d) To prove that his father was not really a bad man.

3. What happens to Reverend Greene during his freshman year of college?
(a) He studies hard and earns an extra scholarship.
(b) He gets drunk often and almost flunks out of school.
(c) He gets ill with cancer and is forced to drop out.
(d) He is recruited for membership in a secret religious society.

4. Where does the Cross family celebrate Thanksgiving in 1983?
(a) At Zeke's house.
(b) At Rose's house.
(c) At Jonnie Mae's house.
(d) At a local diner.

5. Who chases Horace in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) The police.
(b) Reverend Greene.
(c) Zeke.
(d) Five young white men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Greene forget to do before he eats with Ruth and Zeke at the diner in the section titled Old Demonology?

2. How many children did Jethro and Ruth have?

3. What does Horace ask Reverend Jimmy Greene in the section titled Holy Science that takes Reverend Greene aback?

4. Who was Horace's biology teacher whose class he has a vision of in the section titled Holy Science?

5. When does Reverend Greene realize he hears the call to God?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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