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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two kinds of memories collide as the senator falls into his last series of hallucinations before he dies?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Political and childhood.
(c) Ones from heaven and ones from hell.
(d) Imaginary and foreign.

2. In the senator's final hallucination, what kind of person threatens to expose his true identity and background?
(a) An old white woman.
(b) A mean old white man.
(c) An old black woman.
(d) A mean old black man.

3. What kind of baby did Lorelli take with her to New Orleans?
(a) A Peruvian baby.
(b) A French baby.
(c) An American baby.
(d) A Chinese baby.

4. What kinds of jobs does Hickman get before he finally is able to land another musical job?
(a) Bus driver jobs.
(b) Chauffeur jobs.
(c) Janitorial jobs.
(d) Teaching jobs.

5. What kind of beer does Charlie drink?
(a) Corona.
(b) Cerveza.
(c) Chock.
(d) Coors.

6. With whom does Bliss start to hang out with more and more after seeing the circus?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Girls.
(c) White friends.
(d) Catholics.

7. Why was the reverend once sitting in a lamp-lit room with guns and a rifle?
(a) Because he was thinking about trying to kill himself.
(b) Because he was holding people hostage.
(c) Because he was waiting for a lynch mob to come and get him.
(d) Because he was waiting for the police to raid his apartment.

8. What are the waiters serving the club guests in the senator's final hallucination sequence?
(a) Drinks with little umbrellas in them.
(b) Rabbit sandwiches.
(c) Salads made out of weird vegetables.
(d) Fried chicken and watermelon.

9. In his final hallucination sequence, from what moving object does the senator jump off of?
(a) A train.
(b) A car.
(c) A plane.
(d) A bus.

10. After the incident at the large Juneteenth revival, when does Bliss get to see Reverend Hickman again?
(a) One month later.
(b) Two days later.
(c) The next week.
(d) The next day.

11. Where does Bliss originally go to sleep in Sister Georgia's house?
(a) In the guest bedroom.
(b) On the living room sofa.
(c) Out in the guest house.
(d) In the basement.

12. Who does the woman in Bliss's first movie (that he sees) remind him of?
(a) Lorelli.
(b) His mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) Sister Georgia.

13. What does the senator feel on his face as he falls into his last series of hallucinations before he dies?
(a) A cold, damp cloth.
(b) A woman kissing him.
(c) A breeze.
(d) Extrememe heat from his fever.

14. Who is Sister Georgia?
(a) The woman who takes Bliss away from the Juneteenth revival.
(b) Bliss's aunt.
(c) One of the deacons.
(d) Bliss's mother.

15. What enthralls Bliss about the movie theater?
(a) The moving pictures.
(b) The darkness of the world inside.
(c) The loud music.
(d) The color photography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman, who knocks on Hickman's door when he is at the ready with guns and a rifle, wearing?

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

3. Where does Bliss go to when he disappears from Reverend Hickman as a boy?

4. Why doesn't Hickman's jazz band take him back?

5. When does Reverend Hickman take Bliss to the circus for the first time?

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