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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 object is the animal carrying that Senator Sunraider thinks he sees while giving his last speech?
2. What secret object does the young senator always sneak into the coffin he hides in during church services?
3. How does Bliss know when to rise from the coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?
4. What promise does Bliss make to Laly?
5. What happens to Senator Sunraider's assassin?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Bliss, Donelson, and Karp make their way across the country?
2. As he struggles to stay awake while sitting at the senator's bedside, what does the reverend wonder?
3. After Reverend Hickman pulls Bliss off of the little clown outside of the tent, what is all over Bliss's hands?
4. Why does Reverend Hickman claim that the senator cannot call the object he was in a coffin?
5. What does the senator's final hallucination about the country club symbolize?
6. Why does Hickman want Bliss to rise out of a coffin during their services?
7. How does Bliss comfort himself when he thinks about being trapped in the coffin?
8. In what ways does Senator Sunraider, while in his hospital bed, remember his childhood?
9. How does Hickman encourage Senator Sunraider to come to peace with the fact that he was preaching at such a young age?
10. At what moment does Hickman realize his life is really going to change?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of the characters of Karp and Donelson in the novel? Make sure to at mention at least 3 examples to support your argument.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss at least 3 meanings of the novel's title, using direct evidence from the text when appropriate.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze at least 3 interactions Bliss has with women and how each interaction aids in his character development.
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