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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. Why does Zeke feel he has to be especially polite to Jimmy in the section titled December 8, 1985, 9:30 a.m.?
2. What is the first thing the voice says to Horace in the section titled White Sorcery?
3. Who is the clerical worker who always covers her typewriter before going home from the school Jimmy runs?
4. Who was Zeke's wife?
5. Who was Horace's father?
Short Essay Questions
1. What historical structure in Fayetteville causes controversy over whether or not it should be removed?
2. What kinds of books does Horace like, judging from how he has decorated his bedroom at home?
3. How did Retha's death affect Horace?
4. What format does Reverend Greene's conversation with Horace beginning on page 40 take?
5. What significant historical event did Zeke's grandfather, Ezra, live through?
6. What are some of Horace's interests that converge to lead him to try casting a spell?
7. What particular part of Horace's spell to transform himself into an animal does he struggle with morally?
8. How does Zeke feel about his own father, Thomas Cross?
9. What was a hog killing day like in Tims Creek?
10. What is Zeke's relationship with his sister-in-law Ruth like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay explaining how Kenan's choice to have the third-person narrator address the reader directly in the section titled December 8, 1985, affects the reader's experience of the novel.
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