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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the person who assassinates Senator Sunraider?
(a) Severen.
(b) Snape.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) Jameson.

3. What does Reverend Hickman compare fractured slave families to?
(a) Chopped up potatoes.
(b) This is a trick question; he doesn't compare them to anything.
(c) People in prison.
(d) Jesus's family.

4. What is the age group of the people who arrive in Washington, D.C. when the novel opens?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Young kids (there for a field trip).
(d) Parents.

5. Who blocks the group's ability to see Senator Sunraider in D.C.?
(a) Security.
(b) A man from the CIA.
(c) A mystery man.
(d) His secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Senator Sunraider's assassin?

2. Whose idea is it to have the young senator pop out of a coffin during services?

3. What analogy does Ellison use to describe Laly and Bliss's love?

4. What rhyme does Bowlegs create to make fun of Bliss?

5. How long does reverend Hickman wait at the wounded senator's bedside?

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