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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Brer Bear think Brear Rabbit's tail has turned into (in the senator's final hallucination sequence)?
(a) A snake
(b) A pearl handle of a gun.
(c) A really, really long piece of string.
(d) A fuse.

3. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss about the clowns in an effort to comfort him?
(a) That they aren't really hurting each other.
(b) That they are slaves.
(c) That they are being paid to act silly.
(d) That it is just an act.

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

5. Why does Hickman name the baby boy "Bliss?"
(a) Because that's what his mother wanted him named.
(b) Because he's always wanted to name his son that.
(c) Because that's the last word he heard his mother say.
(d) "Because that's what ignorance is."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the woman, who knocks on Hickman's door when he is at the ready with guns and a rifle, wearing?

3. What is Lorelli known for?

4. What woman knocks on Hickman's door when he is sitting there, at the ready with guns and a rifle?

5. After visiting the circus, where does Bliss start going to see movies?

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