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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Senator Sunraider wakes up after being attacked, what is the first thing he sees?
(a) Reverend Hickman looking at him.
(b) His beautiful nurse.
(c) The man who attacked him lurking in the shadows.
(d) Angels by his bedside.

2. How many people did Senator Sunraider sometimes preach to in his childhood?
(a) Five thousand.
(b) Fifty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) One dozen.

3. What does Bliss hear while he is inside his coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
(a) The choir singing off-key.
(b) The sounds of the doors locking because the service is over.
(c) The sermon coming to a fever pitch.
(d) His mother comforting him.

4. What signal does one of the coffin bearers give Bliss to let him know that he's not alone inside the coffin?
(a) He slips him a little note.
(b) He sends him a text message.
(c) He whispers things only Bliss can hear.
(d) He knocks on it.

5. What items does Bliss have with him in the coffin before the Juneteenth revival?
(a) His stuffed animals and his Bible.
(b) His Bible.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) His stuffed animals.

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

7. Who is the author of Juneteenth?
(a) Denzel Washington.
(b) Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) Harvey Milk.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

8. Where are Karp, Donelson, and Bliss ultimately trying to get to?
(a) New York City.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Washington.
(d) California.

9. Whose idea is it to have the young senator pop out of a coffin during services?
(a) The pope's.
(b) Buddy's.
(c) Bliss's.
(d) Reverend Hickman's.

10. What does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony claim Bliss's real name is?
(a) Cuddlebumpkin.
(b) Carlson.
(c) Charles.
(d) Cudworth.

11. Who disrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony?
(a) The president.
(b) Another small boy who wants to get into the coffin too.
(c) A fellow preacher.
(d) A crazy woman.

12. What is the name of the person who assassinates Senator Sunraider?
(a) Snape.
(b) McCarthy.
(c) Severen.
(d) Jameson.

13. What kind of traditional preaching style do Bliss and Reverend Hickman have?
(a) Participatory.
(b) Call and response.
(c) Music-based.
(d) Lecture.

14. What does Bliss try to imagine to keep himself calm while inside the coffin?
(a) His mother.
(b) God.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Fresh air and lights.

15. Who is Sister Bearmasher?
(a) A woman helping with the large Juneteenth revival.
(b) Bliss's auntie.
(c) Bliss's sister-in-law.
(d) Bliss's suspected mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food reward does the young senator get for popping out of the coffin at the appropriate time?

2. What does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony want?

3. What Biblical passage does Hickman quote when Bliss arises out of the coffin during revivals?

4. What does Hickman say to Senator Sunraider's assassin?

5. How does Bliss breathe when locked inside the coffin?

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