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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In D.C., where does the group go to hear Senator Sunraider speak?
(a) A rally at the mall.
(b) A rally in downtown D.C.
(c) The American History Museum.
(d) The Senate.

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

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

5. Why is the senator so cold, initially, to Reverend Hickman in the hospital?
(a) Because he feels he can do nothing for African Americans.
(b) Because he is embarrassed by his looks.
(c) Because he is still mad about the last fight they had.
(d) Because he is still angry about being abused.

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

7. What items does Bliss have with him in the coffin before the Juneteenth revival?
(a) His Bible.
(b) His stuffed animals and his Bible.
(c) His stuffed animals.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

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

9. Who are Donelson and Karp?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Bliss's uncles.
(c) Bliss's brothers.
(d) Bliss's filmmaker partners.

10. 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 confused.
(d) He is too tired.

11. Who disrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony?
(a) A fellow preacher.
(b) A crazy woman.
(c) The president.
(d) Another small boy who wants to get into the coffin too.

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

13. Where is the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony ultimately taken?
(a) To jail.
(b) To a nunnery.
(c) To her house.
(d) To the hospital.

14. What does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony claim?
(a) That Bliss is her son.
(b) That she has seen the Lord.
(c) That she met Jesus a minute ago.
(d) That she is pregnant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time left does the senator think he has after he has been attacked?

2. What analogy does Ellison use to describe Laly and Bliss's love?

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

4. Who blocks the group's ability to see Senator Sunraider in D.C.?

5. How does Bliss remember himself, in flashbacks, while he was with Laly?

(see the answer keys)

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