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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who blocks the group's ability to see Senator Sunraider in D.C.?
(a) A man from the CIA.
(b) His secretary.
(c) A mystery man.
(d) Security.

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

3. Who is Sister Bearmasher?
(a) Bliss's suspected mother.
(b) Bliss's sister-in-law.
(c) A woman helping with the large Juneteenth revival.
(d) Bliss's auntie.

4. What can Bliss see inside his tiny coffin?
(a) The coffin lining.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) His glow-in-the-dark stickers.
(d) Lights from outside.

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

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

7. What do the men do with Bliss's coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
(a) Accidentally dent it.
(b) Carry it down the aisle.
(c) Accidentally set it on fire.
(d) Drop it.

8. Why does the Senator not physically fight back to bullies during his childhood?
(a) He always ends up losing so he just stops trying.
(b) He is in a wheelchair.
(c) He is too scrawny.
(d) His religion won't allow it.

9. Where is Senator Sunraider's assassin standing?
(a) In the Visitor's Gallery.
(b) In the doorway.
(c) In the roof beams.
(d) Below the stage.

10. With what term is Bowlegs unfamiliar?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Feather weather.
(c) Harpsicord.
(d) Meat whistle.

11. What object is the animal carrying that Senator Sunraider thinks he sees while giving his last speech?
(a) An olive branch.
(b) A shield.
(c) A knife.
(d) A dead rabbit.

12. According to Donelson, why does Bliss travel so lightly?
(a) Because he took a vow of poverty.
(b) So he could "roll up the moss."
(c) Because he is too poor to buy anything new.
(d) Because he is a religious man.

13. What food reward does the young senator get for popping out of the coffin at the appropriate time?
(a) A hamburger.
(b) No reward.
(c) Vanilla ice cream.
(d) A taste of the church wine.

14. The religious revivals of this time period served as what kinds of events?
(a) Social.
(b) Spiritual and social.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Spiritual.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of traditional preaching style do Bliss and Reverend Hickman have?

2. What items does Bliss have with him in the coffin before the Juneteenth revival?

3. When Senator Sunraider wakes up after being attacked, what is the first thing he sees?

4. What kind of job does A.Z. have?

5. What secret object does the young senator always sneak into the coffin he hides in during church services?

(see the answer keys)

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