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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bliss remember himself, in flashbacks, while he was with Laly?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Violent.
(c) Confused.
(d) Angry.

2. What fact about elephants is Bliss surprised to learn Reverend Hickman knows?
(a) That they have places to bury their dead.
(b) That they have a kind of funeral service for dead elephants.
(c) The difference between African and Asian elephants.
(d) That they have good memories.

3. What does Hickman do when he realizes his unexpected female guest is going into labor?
(a) Helps her deliver the baby.
(b) Dress her in his dead mother's nightgown.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Take her to the back bedroom.

4. Who does the woman in Bliss's first movie (that he sees) remind him of?
(a) His aunt.
(b) Lorelli.
(c) His mother.
(d) Sister Georgia.

5. For the large Juneteenth revival, who lifts Bliss into the coffin?
(a) His mother.
(b) The reverend.
(c) A deacon.
(d) A very strong little nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss to do in regard to Lorelli?

2. What kind of events does Laly host in her home for Bliss?

3. Why does the Senator not physically fight back to bullies during his childhood?

4. Why is the senator so cold, initially, to Reverend Hickman in the hospital?

5. What does Reverend Hickman compare fractured slave families to?

(see the answer key)

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