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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman who gives birth at Hickman's home say the baby is a reminder of?
(a) His love of children.
(b) His love of all things made by God.
(c) Hickman's ability to forgive.
(d) The one night they shared together.

2. Why doesn't Hickman's jazz band take him back?
(a) Because he has a brother who has been lynched.
(b) Because he has a white baby with him and a brother who has been lynched.
(c) Because he has a white baby with him.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

3. What does Hickman tell Bliss about the person who interrupted the Juneteenth revival?
(a) That she has died.
(b) That she is from France.
(c) That she is not his mother.
(d) That she is pregnant.

4. What do the clowns use to make their faces so dark?
(a) Ground up dried fruit.
(b) Ashes from a bonfire.
(c) Ashes from a fire pit.
(d) Burned cork.

5. Why does Reverend Hickman try to stay awake in the hospital with the senator?
(a) He is so stressed out that he cannot sleep.
(b) He is afraid the assassin is going to come back to try to finish the senator off.
(c) Just in case the senator wakes up and wants to talk.
(d) He doesn't want to miss another minute with his adopted son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the senator's old friend's Charlie's full name?

2. With whom did Lorelli stay while trying to regain her sanity?

3. Why does Bliss change beds in Sister Georgia's house?

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

5. Why does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss that he should not get used to going to movies in the theater?

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