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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 disrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony?
(a) A crazy woman.
(b) The president.
(c) Another small boy who wants to get into the coffin too.
(d) A fellow preacher.

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

3. Whose idea is it to have the young senator pop out of a coffin during services?
(a) Bliss's.
(b) Buddy's.
(c) The pope's.
(d) Reverend Hickman's.

4. What Biblical passage does Hickman quote when Bliss arises out of the coffin during revivals?
(a) "And we shall love all chidren, even the dead ones."
(b) "And a little child shall lead them."
(c) "And the dead will rise again."
(d) "Hush, little children."

5. What food reward does the young senator get for popping out of the coffin at the appropriate time?
(a) A taste of the church wine.
(b) No reward.
(c) A hamburger.
(d) Vanilla ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bliss find himself torn between after the large Juneteenth revival is interrupted?

2. What does Reverend Hickman warn Bliss about before they see their first movie?

3. What skill of Senator Sunraider's was obvious early in childhood?

4. What color lining does Bliss's coffin (used during the large Juneteenth revival) have?

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

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