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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 Horace fleetingly think about the last apparition of the demon in the end of the section titled Holy Science?
2. What writer does Kenan begin the section titled Holy Science with a quote from?
3. How old was Rose when she disappeared from the family?
4. What kind of car does Reverend Greene drive?
5. What always bothered Reverend Greene about Anne?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Reverend Greene tell Horace in the section titled Holy Science about the problem Horace confides in him about?
2. What was Reverend Greene's relationship with his mother, Rose, like?
3. Why is Ruth so upset to see Asa Cross, her late husband's cousin, so ill?
4. In the section titled Holy Science, what does Horace ask Reverend Greene after Sunday church service?
5. What bothers Reverend Greene about his understanding of his late wife Anne?
6. What does Zeke accuse Ruth of doing to him and the rest of the Cross family in the section titled Old Demonology?
7. What does Reverend Greene tell Zeke in the diner in the section Old Demonology that startles and disturbs Zeke?
8. What happens to Reverend Greene, Zeke, and Ruth on the way back from visiting Asa that adds more tension to their trip?
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. How does Reverend Greene know that Ruth and Zeke have more or less made amends from their argument in the section titled Old Demonology?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
How does the absence of Reverend Jimmy Greene's mother, Rose, and the way Rose's family treats her affect Reverend Greene's relationship with her? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
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