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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 is the author of Juneteenth?
2. Where is Senator Sunraider's assassin standing?
3. What does the person who interrupts the large Juneteenth ceremony claim Bliss's real name is?
4. How many people did Senator Sunraider sometimes preach to in his childhood?
5. How does Bliss remember feeling inside of the tiny coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
Short Essay Questions
1. What great hope does Reverend Hickman continue to cling to for Senator Sunraider, even as he lay dying?
2. After Reverend Hickman pulls Bliss off of the little clown outside of the tent, what is all over Bliss's hands?
3. Because of Bliss, what kinds of accusations are periodically leveled at the reverend?
4. As he struggles to stay awake while sitting at the senator's bedside, what does the reverend wonder?
5. Why does Hickman want Bliss to rise out of a coffin during their services?
6. How does Reverend Hickman feel about the Juneteenth holiday?
7. What is happening, mentally, to Senator Sunraider while he is in the hospital after being shot?
8. Why is Sister Georgia hesitant to hug Bliss as a child?
9. How does Revered Hickman react when the newspaper in D.C. tells him and his group that their story is not interesting?
10. What internal conflict does Bliss's beating of the little clown symbolize?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss at least 2 pros and 2 cons of leaving a character motherless in a novel, using Bliss as an example for each pro and each con. Make sure to use specifics from Juneteenth to support your arguments.
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
Is Reverend Hickman a "good" character or a "bad" character? Provide at least 3 examples from the novel to support your position.
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