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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. What two "sins" does Reverend Hickman frequently mention in his reminisces with the senator in the hospital?
2. What does Senator Sunraider attempt to do after he is attacked?
3. What is Bliss wearing in his little coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
4. Where does Hickman's group go after the assassination?
5. What is Senator Sunraider's first name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sister Georgia think she is most qualified to take care of Bliss after the incident at the Juneteenth revival?
2. Why is Bliss conflicted over Hickman's strong encouragement to begin preaching at such a young age?
3. Where does the senator realize the image of the boy in his final hallucination come from?
4. How does Bliss comfort himself when he thinks about being trapped in the coffin?
5. Why does Sister Georgia whisk Bliss away from the Juneteenth revival after Reverend Hickman and Sister Bearmasher take the crazy woman to jail?
6. What has Lorelli done to make others call the authorities?
7. Why is the group turned away from Senator Sunraider's office in D.C.?
8. How do Bliss, Donelson, and Karp make their way across the country?
9. What does Lorelli have a history of doing?
10. Why does Reverend Hickman claim that the senator cannot call the object he was in a coffin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is it important for a reader to know about a novel's author? Discuss at least 3 reasons why this is of particular importance for a reader of Juneteenth.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the ending of Juneteenth and how the ending of the novel ties into at least one larger theme of the text.
Essay Topic 3
There are many instances of tension in Juneteenth. Choose at least one example and discuss what literary devices Ellison uses the create this tension.
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