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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What financial reward does the young senator get for popping out of the coffin at the appropriate time?
(a) No reward.
(b) Fifty cents.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Ten cents.

2. How long does reverend Hickman wait at the wounded senator's bedside?
(a) He never waits by his bedside; he only waits in the hallway.
(b) Only for an afternoon.
(c) Only for a minute.
(d) Until he wakes up.

3. Why does the Senator not physically fight back to bullies during his childhood?
(a) He is too scrawny.
(b) He is in a wheelchair.
(c) He always ends up losing so he just stops trying.
(d) His religion won't allow it.

4. What is the age group of the people who arrive in Washington, D.C. when the novel opens?
(a) Young kids (there for a field trip).
(b) Elderly.
(c) Parents.
(d) Teenagers.

5. With what term is Bowlegs unfamiliar?
(a) Feather weather.
(b) Meat whistle.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Harpsicord.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Hickman compare fractured slave families to?

2. What object is the animal carrying that Senator Sunraider thinks he sees while giving his last speech?

3. What kind of dialogue is used to describe Senator Sunraider's childhood?

4. Who is Bowlegs?

5. What was Senator Sunraider's first real job?

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