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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sister Bearmasher?
(a) Bliss's sister-in-law.
(b) Bliss's auntie.
(c) A woman helping with the large Juneteenth revival.
(d) Bliss's suspected mother.

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

3. What enthralls Bliss about the movie theater?
(a) The color photography.
(b) The darkness of the world inside.
(c) The loud music.
(d) The moving pictures.

4. At what moment during church services does the young senator pop out of the coffin?
(a) He never pops out; he just plays dead for sympathy.
(b) When everyone is quiet and settling in.
(c) At the most dramatic moment possible.
(d) After the service is over and people are clapping.

5. After the incident at the large Juneteenth revival, when does Bliss get to see Reverend Hickman again?
(a) One month later.
(b) Two days later.
(c) The next day.
(d) The next week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bliss cry after he is taken from the Juneteenth revival?

2. Why was the reverend once sitting in a lamp-lit room with guns and a rifle?

3. What is Senator Sunraider's first name?

4. According to Donelson, why does Bliss travel so lightly?

5. In his final hallucination sequence, what are the men gathering to do at the club house?

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