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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What chore does John have to do at the church?
(a) Wash the windows
(b) Sweep the floor
(c) Tidy the tea room
(d) Polish the ornaments

2. What does Roy's mother say her husband is trying to keep Roy away from?
(a) Gangs
(b) Marriage
(c) Death
(d) Jail

3. What is John worried about as he enters the movie theater?
(a) If he is too young
(b) If it is a white person's theater
(c) If a member of the church may see him
(d) If he has enough money

4. What part of New york does John live in?
(a) Harlem
(b) Brooklyn
(c) The Bronx
(d) Queens

5. What does Florence think tonight might be the time to do?
(a) Ask for Gabriel's forgiveness
(b) Ask for God's forgiveness
(c) Pray at her mother's grave
(d) Present Gabriel with the letter

6. What has Roy been injured by?
(a) A gun
(b) A whip
(c) A dog
(d) A knife

7. What is the name of the church the Grimes family are involved in?
(a) The Temple of the Fire Baptized
(b) The Temple of the Spirit
(c) The Temple of the Hope and Glory
(d) The Temple of Doom

8. Where did Florence's father leave for after Gabriel's birth?
(a) Europe
(b) Africa
(c) Canada
(d) The north

9. What does Florence say Frank was extravagant with?
(a) Jewelery
(b) Love
(c) Money
(d) Clothes

10. What does Gabriel do when Elizabeth tells him no one is to blame for Roy's behavior?
(a) Hugs her
(b) Slaps her
(c) Walks out of the house
(d) Sends Roy to his room

11. Who freed Florence's mother from slavery?
(a) Southern troops
(b) A governor
(c) Nothern troops
(d) Abraham Lincoln

12. What did Florence do when her mother fell deathly ill?
(a) Married
(b) Cared for her
(c) Killed her
(d) Left home

13. Whose birthday is it at the beginning of the book?
(a) John Grimes
(b) Roy Grimes
(c) Elizabeth Grimes
(d) Gabriel Grimes

14. Who does Florence kneel with at the altar?
(a) The choir boys
(b) Gabriel
(c) The saints
(d) The preachers

15. What does Florence remember talking about with Frank?
(a) A letter from Deborah
(b) Florence mother's illness
(c) Gabriel's sermons
(d) Gabriel's hatred for life

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose presence at church surprises John?

2. What kind of black person does Florence claim to hate?

3. What do Roy and his mother argue about?

4. What does John's mother give him for his birthday?

5. What does Gabriel use to whip Roy?

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