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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. How long does Bliss feel like he has to wait to be cued out of the coffin?
(a) No more than a minute or two.
(b) Not long enough; he likes it in there.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) An eternity.

2. How does Bliss remember feeling inside of the tiny coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
(a) Happy and content.
(b) Eager and excited.
(c) Tired and bored.
(d) Panicked and fearful.

3. What secret object does the young senator always sneak into the coffin he hides in during church services?
(a) His jacks.
(b) None.
(c) A picture of his mother.
(d) His lucky rock.

4. Why does Hickman say Juneteenth will always be celebrated?
(a) Because it is now a state holiday.
(b) Because people can take the day off of work.
(c) So that its significance is not forgotten.
(d) Because people like to give and receive gifts.

5. When he is on his deathbed, why can't the senator acknowledge Reverend Hickman?
(a) He is too confused.
(b) He is too tired.
(c) He is too proud.
(d) He is too brain damaged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hickman say to Senator Sunraider's assassin?

2. How does Bliss know when to rise from the coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?

3. How does Bliss remember himself, in flashbacks, while he was with Laly?

4. How much time left does the senator think he has after he has been attacked?

5. How does Bliss breathe when locked inside the coffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What moves Sister Georgia in particular about Bliss's life?

2. What does Hickman think to himself about being given Bliss?

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

4. How does Reverend Hickman feel about the Juneteenth holiday?

5. What does Bliss's obsession with the image of the movie actress symbolize?

6. What does the reverend wish for Bliss as he sits watching him in his hospital bed?

7. In what ways does Senator Sunraider, while in his hospital bed, remember his childhood?

8. How does Hickman encourage Senator Sunraider to come to peace with the fact that he was preaching at such a young age?

9. What has Lorelli done to make others call the authorities?

10. What internal conflict does Bliss's beating of the little clown symbolize?

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