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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hickman think might help the senator while he is lying in his hospital bed?
(a) Pictures of his children.
(b) Praying together.
(c) A visiting choir.
(d) Positive memories of their past together.

2. How long does Bliss start disappearing for after he and Reverend Hickman go to the circus?
(a) A few days at a time.
(b) A few hours at a time.
(c) Weeks and weeks.
(d) Months and months.

3. What does the woman who visits Hickman unexpectedly ask for?
(a) Money.
(b) A ride into town.
(c) Some iced tea.
(d) If there is a woman at home.

4. 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.

5. Why does Bliss change beds in Sister Georgia's house?
(a) Because he had a nightmare.
(b) Because the first bed was too creaky and loud.
(c) Because the first bed is too small.
(d) Because he was too cold in his first bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unique sound is Senator Sunraider's last speech met with?

2. What signal does one of the coffin bearers give Bliss to let him know that he's not alone inside the coffin?

3. Who does the group in D.C. try to tell their story to?

4. What does the unexpected pregnant woman say she is trying to return to Hickman by leaving her baby with him?

5. According to Donelson, why does Bliss travel so lightly?

(see the answer key)

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