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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 Bliss hear while he is inside his coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
(a) His mother comforting him.
(b) The sermon coming to a fever pitch.
(c) The sounds of the doors locking because the service is over.
(d) The choir singing off-key.

2. What is the woman, who knocks on Hickman's door when he is at the ready with guns and a rifle, wearing?
(a) A very expensive ballgown.
(b) A black shawl.
(c) A dirty wedding dress.
(d) An old sheet -- and that's it.

3. What does Hickman's unexpected female visitor ultimately need?
(a) Seeds to save her family farm.
(b) A place to give birth.
(c) Medicine for a very bad lung infection.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

4. What color lining does Bliss's coffin (used during the large Juneteenth revival) have?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Baby blue.
(d) Black.

5. What does Reverend Hickman promise to do with Bliss, if he is good, the week after the chaotic Juneteenth revival?
(a) Let him go hunting.
(b) Stop putting him in the coffin.
(c) Take him to the movies.
(d) Buy him a brand new Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss about the clowns in an effort to comfort him?

2. What kind of business did Lorelli open in New Orleans?

3. How long does Bliss feel like he has to wait to be cued out of the coffin?

4. At what moment during church services does the young senator pop out of the coffin?

5. What does Senator Sunraider attempt to do after he is attacked?

(see the answer key)

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