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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What financial reward does the young senator get for popping out of the coffin at the appropriate time?
(a) No reward.
(b) Fifty cents.
(c) Ten cents.
(d) One dollar.

3. When does Juneteenth take place?
(a) Nineteenth century.
(b) The reader never really knows.
(c) 1984.
(d) Early to mid-twentieth century.

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

5. Who does the group in D.C. try to tell their story to?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) A TV reporter.
(c) A radio station.
(d) A famous author.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Hickman accuse of taking away Bliss's singing voice?

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

4. Where are Karp, Donelson, and Bliss ultimately trying to get to?

5. In D.C., where does the group go to hear Senator Sunraider speak?

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