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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Hickman describe himself as a tamer of?

2. What sound does the senator hear as he flees the clubhouse in his final hallucination?

3. What two kinds of memories collide as the senator falls into his last series of hallucinations before he dies?

4. What does Reverend Hickman tell Bliss about the clowns in an effort to comfort him?

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

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

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

Why does the reader never learn much about the senator's assassin? Discuss at least 3 reasons why this is true and what effect it has on the reader.

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