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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hickman accuse of taking away Bliss's singing voice?
(a) The same people that gave him white skin and straight hair.
(b) His mother.
(c) The devil.
(d) The crazy woman who tried to kidnap him.

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

3. What signal does one of the coffin bearers give Bliss to let him know that he's not alone inside the coffin?
(a) He slips him a little note.
(b) He whispers things only Bliss can hear.
(c) He sends him a text message.
(d) He knocks on it.

4. What is Senator Sunraider's first name?
(a) Cesar.
(b) Bob.
(c) David.
(d) Adam.

5. What does Bliss find himself torn between after the large Juneteenth revival is interrupted?
(a) His old life and his new life.
(b) The stage and his coffin.
(c) His honor and his desire.
(d) The white woman and a black nun.

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

7. When does Juneteenth take place?
(a) 1984.
(b) The reader never really knows.
(c) Nineteenth century.
(d) Early to mid-twentieth century.

8. Who is Senator Sunraider's assassin working with?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The FBI.
(c) No one.
(d) The police.

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

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

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

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

13. What does the senator suggest Reverend Hickman might have otherwise done with his life?
(a) Been a guitarist.
(b) Been a chef.
(c) Been a trumpet player.
(d) Been a playwright.

14. How does Bliss know when to rise from the coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
(a) Reverend Hickman gives him a verbal cue.
(b) He has a little timer that goes off.
(c) He rises when the choir starts to sing "Amazing Grace."
(d) He knows to do it when everything is quiet.

15. At what point does Bliss come out of his coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
(a) He accidentally comes out too late.
(b) The most dramatic.
(c) The people carrying the coffin drop it, so he falls out and ruins the surprise.
(d) He accidentally comes out too early.

Short Answer Questions

1. The religious revivals of this time period served as what kinds of events?

2. What do Laly and Bliss do while on a picnic lunch one Sunday afternoon?

3. What Biblical passage does Hickman quote when Bliss arises out of the coffin during revivals?

4. What kind of events does Laly host in her home for Bliss?

5. What does Hickman say to Senator Sunraider's assassin?

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