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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 does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony claim?
(a) That she has seen the Lord.
(b) That she met Jesus a minute ago.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That Bliss is her son.

2. How does Senator Sunraider's wife respond to news of the shooting?
(a) She faints.
(b) She rushes to the police station.
(c) He doesn't have a wife.
(d) She rushes to the hospital.

3. Who disrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony?
(a) A fellow preacher.
(b) The president.
(c) Another small boy who wants to get into the coffin too.
(d) A crazy woman.

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

5. 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) "And the dead will rise again."
(c) "Hush, little children."
(d) "And a little child shall lead them."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony ultimately taken?

3. Who blocks the group's ability to see Senator Sunraider in D.C.?

4. Who is Laly?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hickman consider his permanent home?

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

3. What makes Hickman realize he will have a life of bachelorhood?

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

5. Why does Sister Georgia think she is most qualified to take care of Bliss after the incident at the Juneteenth revival?

6. What does Lorelli have a history of doing?

7. What great hope does Reverend Hickman continue to cling to for Senator Sunraider, even as he lay dying?

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

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

10. What analogies does Reverend Hickman use to explain the two extremes of the nature of men as Senator Sunraider lay dying in his hospital bed?

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