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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Hickman describe as the way the lion tamer is able to control his lions?
(a) Through fear.
(b) Through food rewards.
(c) Through trust.
(d) Through friendship.

2. What unique sound is Senator Sunraider's last speech met with?
(a) Foot stomping.
(b) The Rebel yell.
(c) Whistles.
(d) Boos.

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

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

5. Who removes the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony from the service?
(a) She removes herself.
(b) Reverend Hickman and Sister Bearmasher.
(c) Paramedics.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The religious revivals of this time period served as what kinds of events?

3. What does Bliss find himself torn between after the large Juneteenth revival is interrupted?

4. When Senator Sunraider wakes up after being attacked, what is the first thing he sees?

5. What object is the animal carrying that Senator Sunraider thinks he sees while giving his last speech?

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