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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. Why does Bliss want money at the circus?
(a) For cotton candy.
(b) For ice cream.
(c) For a stuffed animal.
(d) For the ferris wheel.

2. How long does Bliss feel like he has to wait to be cued out of the coffin?
(a) No more than a minute or two.
(b) An eternity.
(c) Not long enough; he likes it in there.
(d) Five minutes.

3. What does Bliss find himself torn between after the large Juneteenth revival is interrupted?
(a) The white woman and a black nun.
(b) His honor and his desire.
(c) The stage and his coffin.
(d) His old life and his new life.

4. What does Reverend Hickman warn Bliss about before they see their first movie?
(a) That the theater will be full of white people.
(b) That movies are very expensive so they have to sneak in.
(c) That the theater will be full of black people.
(d) That there will be evils in what he sees.

5. What color Bible does the young senator hold when he comes out of the coffin during revivals as a child?
(a) Black.
(b) Light blue.
(c) Brown (leather).
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What financial reward does the young senator get for popping out of the coffin at the appropriate time?

2. While sitting in the hospital with the senator, where does Reverend Hickman believe Death to be?

3. How did the lion tamer lose his arm?

4. For the large Juneteenth revival, who lifts Bliss into the coffin?

5. Who does Reverend Hickman ask to help him find Bliss when he disappears?

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