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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 is there controversy about in the town of Fayetteville that Zeke ruminates on as Jimmy drives him to the nursing home in the section titled Black Necromancy?
2. What does the demon tell Horace to do to Reverend Barden in the section Black Necromancy?
3. What was one of the women's jobs during a hog killing?
4. Who is the clerical worker who always covers her typewriter before going home from the school Jimmy runs?
5. Who was one of the most recent reverends at Zeke's church that he thinks about on his way to visit Asa in the section titled Black Necromancy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of Horace's interests that converge to lead him to try casting a spell?
2. How did Retha's death affect Horace?
3. How does Zeke remember Horace's father, Sammy?
4. What is the illness that Asa Cross is dying from?
5. What was a hog killing day like in Tims Creek?
6. What particular part of Horace's spell to transform himself into an animal does he struggle with morally?
7. How does Horace first become aware of what he feels is another presence after he performs his spell?
8. What is Zeke's relationship with his sister-in-law Ruth like?
9. What format does Reverend Greene's conversation with Horace beginning on page 40 take?
10. What does Zeke remember about Cyrus Johns and Cicero Edmunds fighting over?
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
Write an essay analyzing Reverend Jimmy Greene's reaction to Horace's concerns that Horace thinks he is gay. How does Reverend Greene draw on his religious background and teachings to formulate his answer and advice to Horace?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing how Horace's interests in science, comic books, and the occult all coalesce to bring him to the night during which he ends up summoning the demon.
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