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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Hickman compare fractured slave families to?
(a) This is a trick question; he doesn't compare them to anything.
(b) Jesus's family.
(c) People in prison.
(d) Chopped up potatoes.

2. What was Senator Sunraider's first real job?
(a) Picking cotton.
(b) Delivering newspapers.
(c) Painting.
(d) Giving sermons with his father.

3. How much time left does the senator think he has after he has been attacked?
(a) One minute, max.
(b) All the time in the world.
(c) Not much at all.
(d) At least a few more good years.

4. Who does the group in D.C. try to tell their story to?
(a) A famous author.
(b) A radio station.
(c) A TV reporter.
(d) The newspaper.

5. What analogy does Ellison use to describe Laly and Bliss's love?
(a) Like two snakes.
(b) Like two dolphins.
(c) Like two lions.
(d) Like two birds.

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

7. What does Laly say she'll have to do a lot of for Bliss?
(a) Pay for things.
(b) Clean.
(c) Cook.
(d) Pray.

8. What kind of traditional preaching style do Bliss and Reverend Hickman have?
(a) Participatory.
(b) Lecture.
(c) Call and response.
(d) Music-based.

9. What does the young senator think his only weapon is as a child?
(a) His religion.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) His belief in God.
(d) The power of his words.

10. What is the name of the person who assassinates Senator Sunraider?
(a) Jameson.
(b) Severen.
(c) Snape.
(d) McCarthy.

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

12. What animal does Senator Sunraider think he sees while giving his last speech?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A dinosaur.
(c) A dragon.
(d) An eagle.

13. Who is Laly?
(a) Bliss's first real love.
(b) Bliss's sister.
(c) The senator's hospital doctor.
(d) Reverend Hickman's daughter.

14. Like what animal does Reverend Hickman encourage his parishoners to continue to "inch on"?
(a) A weed.
(b) A tall oak tree.
(c) An inchworm.
(d) A snail.

15. What do Laly and Bliss do while on a picnic lunch one Sunday afternoon?
(a) Make love.
(b) Get into a major fight.
(c) Steal a car.
(d) Run away together.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Senator Sunraider assassinated?

2. What rhyme does Bowlegs create to make fun of Bliss?

3. What does Hickman think might help the senator while he is lying in his hospital bed?

4. Who is Senator Sunraider's assassin working with?

5. What does Senator Sunraider attempt to do after he is attacked?

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