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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. How does Reverend Hickman react when he sees Senator Sunraider attacked?

2. Who blocks the group's ability to see Senator Sunraider in D.C.?

3. Who disrupts the large Juneteenth revival ceremony?

4. How is Senator Sunraider assassinated?

5. What is Bliss wearing in his little coffin during the large Juneteenth revival?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the final chapter of the novel, how is it clear that the senator is in a hallucinatory state?

2. Because of Bliss, what kinds of accusations are periodically leveled at the reverend?

3. While lying on his deathbed, in what ways does the senator remember about the time he spent making movies?

4. What advice does the reverend give Bliss about shadows and light?

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

6. Who does the young boy in the senator's final hallucination represent?

7. Why does Sister Georgia whisk Bliss away from the Juneteenth revival after Reverend Hickman and Sister Bearmasher take the crazy woman to jail?

8. When remembering his trip with the crazed woman to the jailhouse, who does Reverend Hickman confess he should have been praying for instead?

9. What makes Hickman realize he will have a life of bachelorhood?

10. How do Bliss, Donelson, and Karp make their way across the country?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least 3 meanings of the novel's title, using direct evidence from the text when appropriate.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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