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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't Hickman's jazz band take him back?
(a) Because he has a white baby with him and a brother who has been lynched.
(b) Because he has a white baby with him.
(c) Because he has a brother who has been lynched.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

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

5. What woman knocks on Hickman's door when he is sitting there, at the ready with guns and a rifle?
(a) His kind neighbor.
(b) The woman who falsely accused his brother of rape.
(c) A woman he has never seen before.
(d) The minister's wife.

6. Why does Bliss know he won't be found by Reverend Hickman?
(a) Because he moves around so often.
(b) Because he is in a white neighborhood.
(c) Because he considered Reverend Hickman stupid.
(d) Because he is very far away.

7. What does Reverend Hickman describe as the way the lion tamer is able to control his lions?
(a) Through friendship.
(b) Through trust.
(c) Through fear.
(d) Through food rewards.

8. What does Reverend Hickman warn Bliss about before they see their first movie?
(a) That there will be evils in what he sees.
(b) That the theater will be full of white people.
(c) That movies are very expensive so they have to sneak in.
(d) That the theater will be full of black people.

9. What two kinds of memories collide as the senator falls into his last series of hallucinations before he dies?
(a) Ones from heaven and ones from hell.
(b) Political and childhood.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Imaginary and foreign.

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

11. What kind of business did Lorelli open in New Orleans?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A laundromat.
(d) A hair shop.

12. Although they don't know Bliss is hiding underneath, what are the people on the porch talking about when Bliss is eavesdropping?
(a) How old Reverend Hickman is getting.
(b) Lorelli's strange behavior.
(c) Bliss's performance in the coffin.
(d) What will happen to Bliss in the near future.

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

14. What does the woman who gives birth promise to send after she leaves?
(a) Her new address.
(b) Information on the child's father.
(c) Money to pay for food and a new house.
(d) Money to pay for a education.

15. 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 a kind of funeral service for dead elephants.
(c) That they have good memories.
(d) The difference between African and Asian elephants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hickman's unexpected female visitor surprisingly apologize for?

2. What does the woman who gives birth at Hickman's home say the baby is a reminder of?

3. How long does Bliss start disappearing for after he and Reverend Hickman go to the circus?

4. In the senator's final hallucination sequence, what kind of gun is Brer Rabbit holding?

5. Why was the reverend once sitting in a lamp-lit room with guns and a rifle?

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