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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. When he sees Hickman by his bedside, what does the senator want from him?
(a) To say what he wants and then leave.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) An apology.
(d) Just to talk like old times.

2. What burning question does Bliss finally ask Hickman when they see each other again after the Juneteenth revival?
(a) If he did a good job at the service.
(b) When will they be going for ice cream.
(c) If the crazy woman really was his mother.
(d) When he can get his teddy back.

3. What does the person who disrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony look like?
(a) A Latina woman with long, beautiful braids.
(b) A black woman in a wheelchair.
(c) A white woman with severe burn scars.
(d) A white woman with unruy hair.

4. Why does Bliss know he won't be found by Reverend Hickman?
(a) Because he is very far away.
(b) Because he considered Reverend Hickman stupid.
(c) Because he is in a white neighborhood.
(d) Because he moves around so often.

5. When he is on his deathbed, why can't the senator acknowledge Reverend Hickman?
(a) He is too proud.
(b) He is too brain damaged.
(c) He is too tired.
(d) He is too confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items does Bliss have with him in the coffin before the Juneteenth revival?

2. Why does the Senator not physically fight back to bullies during his childhood?

3. What does Hickman preach will happen if you keep putting one and one together?

4. What is the age group of the people who arrive in Washington, D.C. when the novel opens?

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

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