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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony want?
(a) To become a nun.
(b) To be baptised.
(c) To give her confession.
(d) To take Bliss home.

2. Which character does Senator Sunraider ask for from the hospital?
(a) Sister Laly.
(b) His mother.
(c) The president.
(d) Reverend Hickman.

3. How does Senator Sunraider see things once he has been attacked?
(a) In black and white.
(b) Everything turns red.
(c) In slow motion.
(d) He sees things but cannot hear anything.

4. How much time left does the senator think he has after he has been attacked?
(a) At least a few more good years.
(b) One minute, max.
(c) Not much at all.
(d) All the time in the world.

5. At what moment during church services does the young senator pop out of the coffin?
(a) When everyone is quiet and settling in.
(b) At the most dramatic moment possible.
(c) After the service is over and people are clapping.
(d) He never pops out; he just plays dead for sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the senator suggest Reverend Hickman might have otherwise done with his life?

2. What does Senator Sunraider do to block out the visions he is having while giving his last speech?

3. Why does the Senator not physically fight back to bullies during his childhood?

4. Who is Bowlegs?

5. How does Bliss know when to rise from the coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what moment does Hickman realize his life is really going to change?

2. Because of Bliss, what kinds of accusations are periodically leveled at the reverend?

3. What does the reverend wish for Bliss as he sits watching him in his hospital bed?

4. Why does the group of elderly churchgoers go to Washington, D.C.?

5. Why does Sister Georgia think she is most qualified to take care of Bliss after the incident at the Juneteenth revival?

6. How does Reverend Hickman feel about the Juneteenth holiday?

7. What great hope does Reverend Hickman continue to cling to for Senator Sunraider, even as he lay dying?

8. What advice does the reverend give Bliss about shadows and light?

9. How do Bliss, Donelson, and Karp make their way across the country?

10. While lying on his deathbed, in what ways does the senator remember about the time he spent making movies?

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