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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 does Ruth do with the little girl in the mechanic's shop that seems to lighten her mood?

2. What does Horace fleetingly think about the last apparition of the demon in the end of the section titled Holy Science?

3. When does Revered Greene meet his wife?

4. How old was Rose when she disappeared from the family?

5. What does Zeke ask the waitress about the hogs they use in their food in the section titled Old Demonology?

Short Essay Questions

1. What circumstance brought Horace and Gideon together and eventually sparked their relationship?

2. What does Reverend Greene admit about his life with his wife Anne before she passed away?

3. What does Ruth say in her silent prayer for Asa Cross in the section titled Holy Science?

4. What is Horace's family's reaction to seeing his earring at Thanksgiving dinner in the section Old Demonology?

5. What was one of the big problems with Reverend Greene's great-uncle Jethro, who was married to Ruth?

6. How does Reverend Greene know that Ruth and Zeke have more or less made amends from their argument in the section titled Old Demonology?

7. What is Zeke known for in the community that serves as a bridge from the past to the future?

8. What does the woman at the car repair shop do for Zeke, Ruth and Reverend Greene that lightens the tension and brightens their day?

9. What uncomfortable events take place in the nursing home when Ruth, Zeke, and Reverend Greene visit Asa in the section titled Holy Science?

10. What does Reverend Greene tell Horace in the section titled Holy Science about the problem Horace confides in him about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing and contrasting how Horace's generation and his grandfather Zeke's generation experienced racism and violence in their hometown of Tim's Creek.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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