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

2. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss about the clowns in an effort to comfort him?
(a) That it is just an act.
(b) That they are being paid to act silly.
(c) That they are slaves.
(d) That they aren't really hurting each other.

3. What rhyme does Bowlegs create to make fun of Bliss?
(a) Bliss, Bliss, he's a siss.
(b) Blis, Bliss, always amiss.
(c) Bliss, Bliss, Cat piss miss.
(d) He didn't create a rhyme.

4. How does Bliss know when to rise from the coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
(a) Reverend Hickman gives him a verbal cue.
(b) He has a little timer that goes off.
(c) He rises when the choir starts to sing "Amazing Grace."
(d) He knows to do it when everything is quiet.

5. What does Bliss try to imagine to keep himself calm while inside the coffin?
(a) Fresh air and lights.
(b) Jesus.
(c) God.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the lion tamer lose his arm?

3. Who ends up interrupting Bliss's interaction with the small clown outside of the circus tent?

4. What does the young senator think his only weapon is as a child?

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

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