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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. What was the first car Zeke ever saw?
2. What does Horace begin to realize about the effects of being his grandfather's grandson as he gets older?
3. What is one of Horace's positive memories of his aunts from his elementary school years?
4. How many times does Horace perform the chant for his spell?
5. What sport does Horace participate in?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Zeke remember about Cyrus Johns and Cicero Edmunds fighting over?
2. What is a main driving force in Horace's grandfather Zeke's life?
3. How does Zeke remember his life with his wife, Retha (short for Aretha)?
4. Where does Reverend Greene take Ruth and Zeke in his car in the section titled December 8, 1985?
5. What kind of animal does Horace decide to turn himself into and why?
6. What is Zeke's relationship with his sister-in-law Ruth like?
7. What historical structure in Fayetteville causes controversy over whether or not it should be removed?
8. What format does Reverend Greene's conversation with Horace beginning on page 40 take?
9. How does Zeke remember Horace's father, Sammy?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Horace's final narrated section of the book, in the section titled Old Gods, New Demons, Horace remembers in graphic detail watching his grandfather kill chickens. How does this memory, and its imagery, relate to Horace's own suicide? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Ruth and Ezekiel have such a contentious and uncomfortable relationship? What past events and hard feelings are at the heart of their relationship?
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