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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 is Ruth so resentful towards Reverend Jimmy Greene?
2. What comments does Asa's roommate make that unnerve the Crosses?
3. What kind of car does Reverend Greene drive?
4. Who is the one person who comforts Rose when she is upset at her mother's death?
5. Who was Horace's biology teacher whose class he has a vision of in the section titled Holy Science?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the last thing that Rose says to Reverend Greene, her son?
2. Why does Horace decide to try sports?
3. What does Ruth say in her silent prayer for Asa Cross in the section titled Holy Science?
4. How does Reverend Greene know that Ruth and Zeke have more or less made amends from their argument in the section titled Old Demonology?
5. What does Anne do that shakes the foundation of her marriage with Reverend Greene?
6. What does Reverend Greene tell Horace in the section titled Holy Science about the problem Horace confides in him about?
7. What happens to Reverend Greene, Zeke, and Ruth on the way back from visiting Asa that adds more tension to their trip?
8. In the section titled Holy Science, what does Horace ask Reverend Greene after Sunday church service?
9. Why is Ruth so upset to see Asa Cross, her late husband's cousin, so ill?
10. What uncomfortable events take place in the nursing home when Ruth, Zeke, and Reverend Greene visit Asa in the section titled Holy Science?
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
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 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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