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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 the "prettiest" boy in Horace's class?
2. What did the women always do as they worked on a hog killing day?
3. Who does Horace live with in the section titled White Sorcery?
4. What is one of the first signs for Horace that his spell might be working?
5. What does the narrator lament about the changes in modern times compared to the hog-killing days?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Where does Reverend Greene take Ruth and Zeke in his car in the section titled December 8, 1985?
3. How does Zeke remember his life with his wife, Retha (short for Aretha)?
4. What is the illness that Asa Cross is dying from?
5. Why does Reverend Greene's mentor, Philip Schnider, tell him he will make a great theologian?
6. What is a main driving force in Horace's grandfather Zeke's life?
7. How does Zeke remember Horace's father, Sammy?
8. What significant historical event did Zeke's grandfather, Ezra, live through?
9. What format does Reverend Greene's conversation with Horace beginning on page 40 take?
10. In the section titled April 30, 1984, 1:15 a.m., what does the demon instruct Horace to kill?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Kenan chooses to end the book with a brief section titled Requiem for Tobacco. What message do you think Kenan was trying to leave the reader with by closing the novel this way, right after the description of Horace's suicide? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
Essay Topic 2
Horace's demons take on different physical forms. Write an essay analyzing the symbolism of some of the forms Horace's demons assume.
Essay Topic 3
How does Kenan's graphic description of the hog killings in the section titled December 8, 1985, and the rituals and traditions that surround them, set the tone for the rest of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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