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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While sitting in the hospital together, what major event does Hickman remind the senator of?
(a) His wedding day.
(b) His tenth birthday.
(c) Juneteenth revivals.
(d) His college graduation.

2. When does Reverend Hickman take Bliss to the circus for the first time?
(a) Before the big Juneteenth revival.
(b) For his sixteenth birthday.
(c) When he graduates from high school.
(d) After they go to the movies.

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

4. What does the woman who gives birth at Hickman's home say the baby is a reminder of?
(a) His love of all things made by God.
(b) His love of children.
(c) Hickman's ability to forgive.
(d) The one night they shared together.

5. Why does Bliss crawl under the porch after Reverend Hickman returns after the Juneteenth revival?
(a) So he can stay cool.
(b) So he can get out of doing chores.
(c) So he can read his pornographic magazines.
(d) So he can take a nap.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what moment during church services does the young senator pop out of the coffin?

2. When he sees Hickman by his bedside, what does the senator want from him?

3. Which character does Senator Sunraider ask for from the hospital?

4. Who is Lorelli?

5. What does Reverend Hickman describe himself as a tamer of?

(see the answer key)

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