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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss that he should not get used to going to movies in the theater?
(a) Because they cannot afford it.
(b) Because the movies they can afford to see are only in French.
(c) Because the movie theater is very far away.
(d) Because ministers should not be seen in such places.

2. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss to do in regard to Lorelli?
(a) Remember her.
(b) Mention her in their next sermon.
(c) Forget her.
(d) Honor her.

3. What sound does the senator hear as he flees the clubhouse in his final hallucination?
(a) Beautiful music, probably from angels.
(b) People yelling out his name.
(c) His mother's voice.
(d) Gunfire.

4. What does Bliss do when he comes across the small clown outside of the circus tent?
(a) He offers him some of his secret whiskey.
(b) He talks to him.
(c) He watches him in secret.
(d) He begins punching him.

5. What does Brer Bear think Brear Rabbit's tail has turned into (in the senator's final hallucination sequence)?
(a) A pearl handle of a gun.
(b) A snake
(c) A really, really long piece of string.
(d) A fuse.

6. Why was the reverend once sitting in a lamp-lit room with guns and a rifle?
(a) Because he was waiting for a lynch mob to come and get him.
(b) Because he was holding people hostage.
(c) Because he was waiting for the police to raid his apartment.
(d) Because he was thinking about trying to kill himself.

7. What advice does the lion tamer give Bliss outside of the circus tent?
(a) To never be afraid of an animal that can't talk.
(b) None; they never speak to each other.
(c) To always carry a whip with you.
(d) To always carry a piece of meat in case you meet up with a wild animal.

8. In the senator's final hallucination sequence, what does he remember a young woman telling him about love?
(a) It runs fast like a rabit.
(b) It ain't nothing but a habit.
(c) When you find it, you should nab it.
(d) It's named after Mr. Babit.

9. What does Sister Georgia offer Bliss to help him stop crying?
(a) Vanilla ice cream.
(b) Cold watermelon.
(c) A bubble bath.
(d) His own room at her house.

10. Where had Lorelli been abandoned as a child?
(a) At the altar.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At a foster care home.
(d) At a grocery store.

11. What drink does Bliss drink when Hickman returns after the incident at the Juneteenth revival?
(a) Watermelon juice.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Cold lemonade.
(d) Iced tea.

12. What does the woman who gives birth at Hickman's home say the baby is a reminder of?
(a) His love of children.
(b) The one night they shared together.
(c) Hickman's ability to forgive.
(d) His love of all things made by God.

13. Where does Bliss originally go to sleep in Sister Georgia's house?
(a) In the guest bedroom.
(b) Out in the guest house.
(c) On the living room sofa.
(d) In the basement.

14. Who does Reverend Hickman ask to help him find Bliss when he disappears?
(a) His housemaid.
(b) His wife.
(c) Parishoners.
(d) The police.

15. How did the lion tamer lose his arm?
(a) In a tractor accident.
(b) He was only born with one arm.
(c) A lion bit it off.
(d) The lion tamer never lost an arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lorelli?

2. When Brer Bear catches up with Brer Rabbit in the senator's final hallucination sequence, what is Brer Rabbit doing?

3. Who does the woman in Bliss's first movie (that he sees) remind him of?

4. What action of the little boy in the senator's final hallucination angers the senator?

5. Where does Bliss go to when he disappears from Reverend Hickman as a boy?

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