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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hickman's unexpected female visitor give Hickman permission to do?
(a) Sleep with her.
(b) Take all of her money.
(c) Murder her.
(d) Trade her cooking skills for a place to stay.

2. What does the unexpected pregnant woman say she is trying to return to Hickman by leaving her baby with him?
(a) The money she stole.
(b) His murdered brother.
(c) Nothing; she leaves without saying a word.
(d) The curse he put on her years ago.

3. With whom did Lorelli stay while trying to regain her sanity?
(a) Her mother.
(b) An aunt.
(c) Nuns.
(d) No one; she put herself in isolation.

4. What is Lorelli known for?
(a) Her wild hair.
(b) Her amazing cooking.
(c) Trying to steal other people's children.
(d) Her kindness.

5. What does Hickman tell Bliss about the person who interrupted the Juneteenth revival?
(a) That she is from France.
(b) That she is pregnant.
(c) That she has died.
(d) That she is not his mother.

6. Why does Bliss change beds in Sister Georgia's house?
(a) Because the first bed is too small.
(b) Because the first bed was too creaky and loud.
(c) Because he had a nightmare.
(d) Because he was too cold in his first bed.

7. What does the senator feel on his face as he falls into his last series of hallucinations before he dies?
(a) Extrememe heat from his fever.
(b) A cold, damp cloth.
(c) A breeze.
(d) A woman kissing him.

8. After visiting the circus, where does Bliss start going to see movies?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York City.
(c) White neighborhoods.
(d) The next town over.

9. Who warned Hickman that the senator's life may be in danger?
(a) Sister Janey.
(b) The senator himself.
(c) God, since it came to Hickman in a dream.
(d) A bishop.

10. In his final hallucination sequence, what are the men gathering to do at the club house?
(a) Shoot pigeons.
(b) Gamble.
(c) Talk politics.
(d) Vote.

11. What fact about elephants is Bliss surprised to learn Reverend Hickman knows?
(a) That they have places to bury their dead.
(b) That they have good memories.
(c) The difference between African and Asian elephants.
(d) That they have a kind of funeral service for dead elephants.

12. How does Hickman find out that the senator's life may be in danger?
(a) Through a phone call.
(b) He overhears some people talking at the supermarket.
(c) Through a letter.
(d) Through a dream.

13. What kind of baby did Lorelli take with her to New Orleans?
(a) A French baby.
(b) An American baby.
(c) A Chinese baby.
(d) A Peruvian baby.

14. How long does Bliss start disappearing for after he and Reverend Hickman go to the circus?
(a) Weeks and weeks.
(b) Months and months.
(c) A few hours at a time.
(d) A few days at a time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Hickman warn Bliss about before they see their first movie?

2. What does the woman who gives birth promise to send after she leaves?

3. How did the lion tamer lose his arm?

4. What are the waiters serving the club guests in the senator's final hallucination sequence?

5. Where does Bliss originally go to sleep in Sister Georgia's house?

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