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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. When does Reverend Greene realize he hears the call to God?
(a) At his mother's funeral.
(b) At his best friend's sudden death.
(c) At a revival meeting as a teenager.
(d) At his son's birth.

2. What does Horace's and Gideon's science experiment involve in the section titled Holy Science?
(a) Non-Newtonian liquids.
(b) Complicated chemistry.
(c) Harmonics.
(d) Mendelian properties.

3. Who is Gideon's father?
(a) Lucius Stone.
(b) Magnus O'Dea.
(c) Zeke Cross.
(d) Luther Honeyblue.

4. Why does Zeke refuse to let Horace eat Thanksgiving dinner with the family in 1983?
(a) He has just gotten drunk and come home way after curfew.
(b) He has just stolen money from Zeke.
(c) He has just pierced his ear.
(d) He has just been caught kissing another boy.

5. What does Zeke ask the waitress about the hogs they use in their food in the section titled Old Demonology?
(a) Whether they are from America or imported from foreign countries.
(b) Whether they are halal.
(c) Whether they kill them themselves.
(d) Whether they are organic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ruth and Zeke talk about that breaks the tension and their streak of fighting in the section titled Old Demonology?

2. How does the family treat Rose when she returns in the section titled Holy Science?

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?

4. Why does Gideon's father admonish his mother in front of Horace?

5. What does Reverend Greene's wife Anne die from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In the section titled Old Demonology, what do Ruth's and Zeke's interactions with the waitress at the diner reveal?

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

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

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