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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who blocks the group's ability to see Senator Sunraider in D.C.?

2. What kinds of traditions does the Juneteenth holiday end up being connected to?

3. How does Reverend Hickman react when he sees Senator Sunraider attacked?

4. While sitting in the hospital together, what major event does Hickman remind the senator of?

5. What was Senator Sunraider's first real job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Reverend Hickman claim that the senator cannot call the object he was in a coffin?

2. After he is shot, what does Senator Sunraider vaguely see by his bedside?

3. What happens to Bliss, Donelson, and Karp when Laly and the other townspeople discover that their movie-making venture is a fraud?

4. Why does Sister Georgia whisk Bliss away from the Juneteenth revival after Reverend Hickman and Sister Bearmasher take the crazy woman to jail?

5. What analogies does Reverend Hickman use to explain the two extremes of the nature of men as Senator Sunraider lay dying in his hospital bed?

6. Who is Brer Rabbit?

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

8. What makes Bliss so upset about the clown act at the circus?

9. What has Lorelli done to make others call the authorities?

10. What does Senator Sunraider initially think causes the chandelier in the Senate to come crashing down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Sister Georgia and Sister Bearmasher.

Essay Topic 2

Choose 5 characters (Sister Bearmasher, Senator Sunraider, etc.) and analyze each of their names, discussing what Ellison may have been trying to convey about their character through the names that he chose for each.

Essay Topic 3

Choose at least 3 female characters from Juneteenth and discuss how each one contributes to the larger role that Ellison gives to women in the novel.

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