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Go Tell It on the Mountain | Quiz

James Baldwin
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Go Tell It on the Mountain | Quiz

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1)

What does Florence think Gabriel will do over her grave? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 1: Florence's Prayer)

Beg
Laugh
Cry
Smile
2)

What does John ask Elisha to do for him? (from Part 3: The Threshing Floor)

Move away
Pray
Sing
Leave the church
3)

Whose point of view is this chapter mostly told from? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

Gabriel
John
Florence
Roy
4)

What color does Florence's husband say is pretty? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 1: Florence's Prayer)

Red
White
Green
Black
5)

What does Elizabeth insist Gabriel does not do? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

Drink and womanize
Beat the children that are not his
Make a distinction between the children
Go out at night
6)

Why would Deborah have taken in Royal? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

She loved him
She was barren
She wanted to please Gabriel
He needed a mother
7)

Who says "all your holy life long, you ain't made to drink a cup of sorrow?" (from Part 3: The Threshing Floor)

Gabriel
Elisha
Elizabeth
Florence
8)

What was the name of Noah's son? (from Part 3: The Threshing Floor)

Fran
Abe
Ham
Jim
9)

What city did Royal die in? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

San Francisco
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
10)

Who does Gabriel remember watching him through dying eyes? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

Florence
Deborah
His mother
His father
11)

Which character says "the black scum of this wicked city?" (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 3: Elizabeth's Prayer)

Gabriel
Roy
Richard
Florence
12)

What does Gabriel say God has promised him? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

A royal line
Eternal life
A place in heaven
Financial riches
13)

What was John when Gabriel married Elizabeth? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

A dying child
An unnamed child
A devil child
A miserable child
14)

What does Gabriel attack John with? (from Part 3: The Threshing Floor)

A knife
A metal rod
A glue gun
A spear
15)

What person in her life does Florence hate? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 1: Florence's Prayer)

Roy
John
Elizabeth
Gabriel
16)

What part of New York did Elizabeth meet Florence? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 3: Elizabeth's Prayer)

Wall Street
Flushing Meadows
42nd Street
Harlem
17)

What does John say he knows about Gabriel? (from Part 3: The Threshing Floor)

What he does at night with his mother
Where he goes after church
That he has fathered a child out of wedlock
That he looks at other women
18)

What does Elizabeth say she wants to take advantage of by moving north? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 3: Elizabeth's Prayer)

The relaxed atmosphere
The music culture
Opportunities for black people
The higher currency rate
19)

Who does Gabriel walk back home with? (from Part 3: The Threshing Floor)

Deborah
Florence
Elizabeth
Roy
20)

Who does John smile at before he meets his mother? (from Part 3: The Threshing Floor)

Roy
Gabriel
Elisha
Florence
21)

How did Royal die? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

In a gun fight
In a plane crash
In a car crash
In a knife fight
22)

What did Elizabeth decide not to tell Richard? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 3: Elizabeth's Prayer)

She was pregnant
His brother had died
She had to go back home
She was sacked from her job
23)

Why does Gabriel look down on Elizabeth? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 2: Gabriel's Prayer)

She once slept with a white man
She does always go to church
She has not repented for giving birth to John
She is from common stock
24)

What did Elizabeth work as on Wall Street? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 3: Elizabeth's Prayer)

A shoe shiner
A financial analyst
A cleaner
A secretary
25)

What kind of black person does Florence claim to hate? (from Part 2: The Prayers of the Saints, Chapter 1: Florence's Prayer)

Common niggers
Uppity niggers
Gollywogs
Uncle Toms
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