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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bliss breathe when locked inside the coffin?
(a) Regular.
(b) With SCUBA equipment.
(c) With an oxygen mask.
(d) Through an air tube.

2. What does Bliss find himself torn between after the large Juneteenth revival is interrupted?
(a) The stage and his coffin.
(b) His old life and his new life.
(c) The white woman and a black nun.
(d) His honor and his desire.

3. Who is Laly?
(a) Bliss's first real love.
(b) Reverend Hickman's daughter.
(c) The senator's hospital doctor.
(d) Bliss's sister.

4. How is Senator Sunraider assassinated?
(a) He is stabbed.
(b) He is poisoned.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is strangled.

5. When he sees Hickman by his bedside, what does the senator want from him?
(a) To say what he wants and then leave.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Just to talk like old times.
(d) An apology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bliss try to fall asleep the second time at Sister Georgia's house?

2. What is Senator Sunraider's first name?

3. Why does Bliss want money at the circus?

4. How long does reverend Hickman wait at the wounded senator's bedside?

5. How does Senator Sunraider's wife respond to news of the shooting?

(see the answer key)

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