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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After visiting the circus, where does Bliss start going to see movies?
(a) The next town over.
(b) White neighborhoods.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York City.

2. Why is Bliss banished back to his original sleeping place at Sister Georgia's house?
(a) Because he was caught looking at pornographic magazines.
(b) Because he was trying to see Sister Georgia naked.
(c) Because he was caught taking a sip of whiskey from the liquor cabinet.
(d) Because he snored too loudly.

3. With whom did Lorelli stay while trying to regain her sanity?
(a) No one; she put herself in isolation.
(b) An aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Nuns.

4. 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) None of these answers is correct.
(c) Imaginary and foreign.
(d) Political and childhood.

5. What does Hickman do when he realizes his unexpected female guest is going into labor?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Dress her in his dead mother's nightgown.
(c) Helps her deliver the baby.
(d) Take her to the back bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What burning question does Bliss finally ask Hickman when they see each other again after the Juneteenth revival?

3. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss about the clowns in an effort to comfort him?

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

5. Who is Sister Georgia?

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