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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Senator Sunraider's assassin?
(a) He is detained and attacked by an angry mob.
(b) He shoots himself.
(c) He is tried and found guilty.
(d) He falls off the balcony to his death.

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

4. What kinds of traditions does the Juneteenth holiday end up being connected to?
(a) Religious.
(b) Financial.
(c) Social.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

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

6. How does Bliss remember himself, in flashbacks, while he was with Laly?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Confused.
(c) Violent.
(d) Angry.

7. What Biblical passage does Hickman quote when Bliss arises out of the coffin during revivals?
(a) "And the dead will rise again."
(b) "Hush, little children."
(c) "And a little child shall lead them."
(d) "And we shall love all chidren, even the dead ones."

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

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

10. In D.C., what does the group of visitors need in order to see the senator?
(a) A letter of introduction.
(b) An appointment.
(c) A formal invitation for the party.
(d) To go through security.

11. What does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony want?
(a) To become a nun.
(b) To be baptised.
(c) To take Bliss home.
(d) To give her confession.

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

13. What rhyme does Bowlegs create to make fun of Bliss?
(a) Blis, Bliss, always amiss.
(b) Bliss, Bliss, Cat piss miss.
(c) Bliss, Bliss, he's a siss.
(d) He didn't create a rhyme.

14. For the large Juneteenth revival, who lifts Bliss into the coffin?
(a) A deacon.
(b) His mother.
(c) A very strong little nun.
(d) The reverend.

15. What does Hickman think might help the senator while he is lying in his hospital bed?
(a) Positive memories of their past together.
(b) A visiting choir.
(c) Pictures of his children.
(d) Praying together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Laly?

2. Like what animal does Reverend Hickman encourage his parishoners to continue to "inch on"?

3. Who is the author of Juneteenth?

4. How is Senator Sunraider assassinated?

5. What does Laly say she'll have to do a lot of for Bliss?

(see the answer keys)

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