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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who removes the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony from the service?
(a) The police.
(b) Reverend Hickman and Sister Bearmasher.
(c) She removes herself.
(d) Paramedics.

2. What signal does one of the coffin bearers give Bliss to let him know that he's not alone inside the coffin?
(a) He sends him a text message.
(b) He whispers things only Bliss can hear.
(c) He slips him a little note.
(d) He knocks on it.

3. When does Reverend Hickman take Bliss to the circus for the first time?
(a) Before the big Juneteenth revival.
(b) After they go to the movies.
(c) For his sixteenth birthday.
(d) When he graduates from high school.

4. What do the clowns use to make their faces so dark?
(a) Ground up dried fruit.
(b) Ashes from a bonfire.
(c) Burned cork.
(d) Ashes from a fire pit.

5. At what moment during church services does the young senator pop out of the coffin?
(a) He never pops out; he just plays dead for sympathy.
(b) When everyone is quiet and settling in.
(c) After the service is over and people are clapping.
(d) At the most dramatic moment possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bliss know when to rise from the coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?

2. What does Bliss hear while he is inside his coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?

3. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss about the clowns in an effort to comfort him?

4. Why does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss that he should not get used to going to movies in the theater?

5. While lying in his hospital bed reminiscing about the past with Reverend Hickman, how does the senator know he is there?

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