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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. In D.C., where does the group go to hear Senator Sunraider speak?

2. What does Bliss find himself torn between after the large Juneteenth revival is interrupted?

3. How does Bliss remember himself, in flashbacks, while he was with Laly?

4. Why is the senator so cold, initially, to Reverend Hickman in the hospital?

5. What was Senator Sunraider's childhood name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the term "Juneteenth" come from?

2. As he struggles to stay awake while sitting at the senator's bedside, what does the reverend wonder?

3. What internal conflict does Bliss's beating of the little clown symbolize?

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

5. Where does the senator realize the image of the boy in his final hallucination come from?

6. As a boy, what did Bliss call Reverend Hickman?

7. What does Hickman consider his permanent home?

8. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss the film world is a shadow of?

9. How much of their losses are Laly and the townspeople able to recover once they discover that Bliss, Donelson, and Karp are frauds?

10. How does SIster Bearmasher get physical control of the woman who interrupts the Juneteenth revival service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least 3 different ways and instances in which Biblical allusions are used in the text. What do they contribute to the novel and to the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Is Reverend Hickman a "good" character or a "bad" character? Provide at least 3 examples from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

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

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