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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Zeke Cross's father?

2. Whose car does Horace steal at the end of the section titled Black Necromancy?

3. What does Horace begin to have second thoughts about having used in his spell at the end of the section titled White Sorcery?

4. What did the older men teach the young boys to do on a hog killing day?

5. How does Jimmy's brother feel about his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a student and child is Horace Cross before he performs his spell?

2. Why does Reverend Greene's mentor, Philip Schnider, tell him he will make a great theologian?

3. What are some of Horace's interests that converge to lead him to try casting a spell?

4. What is a main driving force in Horace's grandfather Zeke's life?

5. What does Zeke remember about Cyrus Johns and Cicero Edmunds fighting over?

6. How does Zeke feel about his own father, Thomas Cross?

7. What is the illness that Asa Cross is dying from?

8. What does the demon ask Horace to do in the church in the section titled April 30, 1985, 1:15 a.m., and why is this significant?

9. What significant historical event did Zeke's grandfather, Ezra, live through?

10. Why does Reverend Greene's wife, Anne, say she wants to stay in the South?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Ruth so shaken by the illness and decline of Asa Cross? How are Ruth's feelings for Asa different from her feelings for everyone else in the Cross family? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the struggles that seen to lead to the marital strife, conflict, and eventual infidelity between Reverend Greene and his wife Anne? What evidence is there in the text to imply that Reverend Greene may also be struggling to come to terms with the true nature of his sexuality in a similar way to Horace? Write an essay exploring your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In the section titled Old Demonology, what does Horace's family's reaction to his ear piercing at Thanksgiving dinner reveal about the older generation's misgivings about white people? Why is Horace's family so upset that he is friends with a group of white boys his own age from school? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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