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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who stops Gabriel from whipping Roy?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) John
(c) Florence
(d) Elisha

3. Which of the following words best describes John's feeling towards the white people on fith avenue?
(a) Evil
(b) Beautiful
(c) Nutty
(d) Fun

4. What member of John's family does not enter the church?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Florence
(c) Gabriel
(d) Roy

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

6. Whose presence at church surprises John?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Gabriel
(c) Florence
(d) Roy

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

8. Who does Florence say she has seen waiting for her?
(a) God
(b) Death
(c) The devil
(d) Robbers

9. Where do the family keep the photographs in the front room?
(a) On the book shelf
(b) On the side tables
(c) On the mantelpiece
(d) In the desk drawer

10. Where does Aunt Florence say the young woman that stands by Gabriel's side now is?
(a) Hell
(b) Heaven
(c) Mississippi
(d) London

11. How did Florence's mother try to stop Gabriel from being wicked?
(a) She sent him to boarding school
(b) She sent him to New York
(c) She beat him
(d) She forced him to go to church

12. What does John mean by saying he has sinned his hand?
(a) He has touched a woman
(b) He has stolen
(c) He has touched a boy
(d) He has masturbated

13. What character does John admire?
(a) Elisha
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Gabriel
(d) Roy

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

15. What war did Frank die in?
(a) Vietnam War
(b) First World War
(c) Second World War
(d) The Boer War

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Roy been injured by?

2. What person in her life does Florence hate?

3. What did Frank like to do excessively?

4. Where does Florence keep the letter from Deborah?

5. What was John the first member of his family to do?

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