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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dialogue is used to describe Senator Sunraider's childhood?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

2. What Biblical passage does Hickman quote when Bliss arises out of the coffin during revivals?
(a) "And we shall love all chidren, even the dead ones."
(b) "Hush, little children."
(c) "And a little child shall lead them."
(d) "And the dead will rise again."

3. How does Bliss know when to rise from the coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
(a) Reverend Hickman gives him a verbal cue.
(b) He knows to do it when everything is quiet.
(c) He has a little timer that goes off.
(d) He rises when the choir starts to sing "Amazing Grace."

4. What does the person who disrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony look like?
(a) A white woman with unruy hair.
(b) A white woman with severe burn scars.
(c) A black woman in a wheelchair.
(d) A Latina woman with long, beautiful braids.

5. What color lining does Bliss's coffin (used during the large Juneteenth revival) have?
(a) Pink.
(b) Black.
(c) Baby blue.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. In D.C., what does the group of visitors need in order to see the senator?

2. What two "sins" does Reverend Hickman frequently mention in his reminisces with the senator in the hospital?

3. How long does Bliss feel like he has to wait to be cued out of the coffin?

4. What signal does one of the coffin bearers give Bliss to let him know that he's not alone inside the coffin?

5. In D.C., where does the group go to hear Senator Sunraider speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. Because of Bliss, what kinds of accusations are periodically leveled at the reverend?

2. How does SIster Bearmasher get physical control of the woman who interrupts the Juneteenth revival service?

3. Why does Sister Georgia whisk Bliss away from the Juneteenth revival after Reverend Hickman and Sister Bearmasher take the crazy woman to jail?

4. How does Bliss comfort himself when he thinks about being trapped in the coffin?

5. Why does Hickman want Bliss to rise out of a coffin during their services?

6. Why is Sister Georgia hesitant to hug Bliss as a child?

7. What does Lorelli have a history of doing?

8. After he is shot, what does Senator Sunraider vaguely see by his bedside?

9. How does Reverend Hickman use Bliss during his sermons?

10. Where does the senator realize the image of the boy in his final hallucination come from?

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