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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The religious revivals of this time period served as what kinds of events?
(a) Spiritual and social.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Social.

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

3. What kind of job does A.Z. have?
(a) Reverend.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Firefighter.

4. How is the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony removed from the service?
(a) She leaves on her own.
(b) She is put in handcuffs and carried out.
(c) She faints and is taken out by ambulance.
(d) She is dragged out.

5. What was Senator Sunraider's first real job?
(a) Delivering newspapers.
(b) Picking cotton.
(c) Painting.
(d) Giving sermons with his father.

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

7. What Biblical passage does Hickman quote when Bliss arises out of the coffin during revivals?
(a) "Hush, little children."
(b) "And the dead will rise again."
(c) "And we shall love all chidren, even the dead ones."
(d) "And a little child shall lead them."

8. What does the young senator think his only weapon is as a child?
(a) His belief in God.
(b) His religion.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) The power of his words.

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

10. What does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony claim?
(a) That Bliss is her son.
(b) That she met Jesus a minute ago.
(c) That she has seen the Lord.
(d) That she is pregnant.

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

12. Why is the senator so cold, initially, to Reverend Hickman in the hospital?
(a) Because he is still mad about the last fight they had.
(b) Because he feels he can do nothing for African Americans.
(c) Because he is embarrassed by his looks.
(d) Because he is still angry about being abused.

13. What analogy does Ellison use to describe Laly and Bliss's love?
(a) Like two birds.
(b) Like two dolphins.
(c) Like two snakes.
(d) Like two lions.

14. How is Senator Sunraider assassinated?
(a) He is strangled.
(b) He is poisoned.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is stabbed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In D.C., what does the group of visitors need in order to see the senator?

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

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

4. What kind of events does Laly host in her home for Bliss?

5. Where is Senator Sunraider's assassin standing?

(see the answer keys)

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