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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Reverend Hickman take Bliss to the circus for the first time?
(a) Before the big Juneteenth revival.
(b) After they go to the movies.
(c) For his sixteenth birthday.
(d) When he graduates from high school.

2. What promise does Bliss make to Laly?
(a) That he will marry her.
(b) That he will get her pregnant so she can have a baby.
(c) That he will give her a brand new house.
(d) That he will cast her in a movie.

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

4. Who is Bowlegs?
(a) The senator's godfather.
(b) The nickname the senator had as a child.
(c) The senator's dog.
(d) The bully who starts a fight with Bliss.

5. Why does Bliss want money at the circus?
(a) For cotton candy.
(b) For a stuffed animal.
(c) For the ferris wheel.
(d) For ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Senator Sunraider's assassin standing?

2. Who does Reverend Hickman ask to help him find Bliss when he disappears?

3. What kinds of jobs does Hickman get before he finally is able to land another musical job?

4. Why was the reverend once sitting in a lamp-lit room with guns and a rifle?

5. After the incident at the large Juneteenth revival, when does Bliss get to see Reverend Hickman again?

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