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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony claim Bliss's real name is?
(a) Cuddlebumpkin.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Charles.
(d) Cudworth.

4. What secret object does the young senator always sneak into the coffin he hides in during church services?
(a) A picture of his mother.
(b) His lucky rock.
(c) None.
(d) His jacks.

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

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

7. What two "sins" does Reverend Hickman frequently mention in his reminisces with the senator in the hospital?
(a) Drugs and rock and roll.
(b) Whiskey and fornicating.
(c) Whiskey and rock and roll.
(d) Rock and roll and fornicating.

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

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

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

11. What is the age group of the people who arrive in Washington, D.C. when the novel opens?
(a) Elderly.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Young kids (there for a field trip).
(d) Parents.

12. How long does Bliss feel like he has to wait to be cued out of the coffin?
(a) No more than a minute or two.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) An eternity.
(d) Not long enough; he likes it in there.

13. When Senator Sunraider wakes up after being attacked, what is the first thing he sees?
(a) Angels by his bedside.
(b) The man who attacked him lurking in the shadows.
(c) His beautiful nurse.
(d) Reverend Hickman looking at him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Senator Sunraider's first name?

2. What is Bliss wearing in his little coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?

3. Where is the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony ultimately taken?

4. What color lining does Bliss's coffin (used during the large Juneteenth revival) have?

5. How is Senator Sunraider assassinated?

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