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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 Senator Sunraider attempt to do after he is attacked?
(a) Apprehend his assassin.
(b) Finish his speech.
(c) Maintain consciousness.
(d) Hid his wounds.

2. Why does Bliss want money at the circus?
(a) For cotton candy.
(b) For the ferris wheel.
(c) For ice cream.
(d) For a stuffed animal.

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

4. What does Bliss try to imagine to keep himself calm while inside the coffin?
(a) His mother.
(b) Fresh air and lights.
(c) God.
(d) Jesus.

5. Where does Hickman's group go after the assassination?
(a) The Justic Department.
(b) Straight to the hospital.
(c) Back to North Carolina.
(d) Outside.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Reverend Hickman promise to do with Bliss, if he is good, the week after the chaotic Juneteenth revival?

3. How much time left does the senator think he has after he has been attacked?

4. Who is Laly?

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

(see the answer key)

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