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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hickman say to Senator Sunraider's assassin?
(a) He asks him why he did it.
(b) He tells him to hide in a secret closet nearby.
(c) He tells him he will kill him.
(d) He tells him to wait.

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

4. Why does Hickman say Juneteenth will always be celebrated?
(a) Because people like to give and receive gifts.
(b) So that its significance is not forgotten.
(c) Because people can take the day off of work.
(d) Because it is now a state holiday.

5. Who is the author of Juneteenth?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) Denzel Washington.
(d) Harvey Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Senator Sunraider's wife respond to news of the shooting?

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

3. What does Hickman think might help the senator while he is lying in his hospital bed?

4. What secret object does the young senator always sneak into the coffin he hides in during church services?

5. How does Bliss remember himself, in flashbacks, while he was with Laly?

(see the answer key)

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