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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sister Georgia?

2. How does Hickman spend the night after the baby is born?

3. In his final hallucination sequence, from what moving object does the senator jump off of?

4. Why doesn't Hickman's jazz band take him back?

5. What does Reverend Hickman describe as the way the lion tamer is able to control his lions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many instances of tension in Juneteenth. Choose at least one example and discuss what literary devices Ellison uses the create this tension.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why is Bliss so curious about his birth mother but not his birth father? List at least 3 reasons, using evidence from the text, that supports your answer.

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