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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 the waitress's name who waits on Zeke, Ruth, and Jimmy in the section titled Old Demonology?

2. Who is one of Asa's daugthers?

3. What does Zeke tell Reverend Greene it takes a right smart man to do in the section titled Old Demonology?

4. What do Ruth and Zeke talk about that breaks the tension and their streak of fighting in the section titled Old Demonology?

5. Why does Zeke refuse to let Horace eat Thanksgiving dinner with the family in 1983?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reverend Greene tell Zeke in the diner in the section Old Demonology that startles and disturbs Zeke?

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

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

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

5. Why is Ruth so upset to see Asa Cross, her late husband's cousin, so ill?

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

7. In the section titled Old Demonology, what conclusion does Reverend Greene come to about the pressures Horace faced from his family?

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

9. Where does Horace go with his demon in the section titled April 30, 1984, 2:40 a.m.?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring how Reverend Jimmy Greene's discovery of his wife Anne's marital infidelity affects his perceptions of, and faith in, God, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

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 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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