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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gabriel say he gained recognition for after he found God?
(a) His kindness
(b) His sermons
(c) His radical beliefs
(d) His sense of humor

2. Who hopes that one day God will grind white people into humility?
(a) Richard
(b) Gabriel
(c) Florence
(d) Elizabeth

3. Who does Gabriel think sent Esther to him?
(a) Satan
(b) God
(c) White men
(d) The rival church

4. Who does Gabriel promise Elizabeth he will love as his own?
(a) Roy
(b) Jack
(c) John
(d) Andy

5. What does Elizabeth recall as a frightening experience?
(a) Giving birth to John
(b) Finding Richard dead
(c) Moving to New York
(d) Her honeymoon

6. Which of the following words can be used to describe Esther?
(a) Irreligious
(b) Crazy
(c) Religious
(d) Serious

7. Which of the following does Elizabeth use to describe her relationship with Gabriel?
(a) Her hiding place
(b) Her funhouse
(c) Her savior
(d) Her redemption

8. What was John when Gabriel married Elizabeth?
(a) A devil child
(b) A miserable child
(c) An unnamed child
(d) A dying child

9. Who does Gabriel remember watching him through dying eyes?
(a) Deborah
(b) His mother
(c) Florence
(d) His father

10. What does Elizabeth say she wants to take advantage of by moving north?
(a) The relaxed atmosphere
(b) Opportunities for black people
(c) The higher currency rate
(d) The music culture

11. Why does Gabriel look down on Elizabeth?
(a) She is from common stock
(b) She does always go to church
(c) She once slept with a white man
(d) She has not repented for giving birth to John

12. Who does Elizabeth say she hated as a child?
(a) Her aunt
(b) Her mother
(c) Her father
(d) God

13. What city did Esther send Gabriel a letter from?
(a) Denver
(b) New York
(c) Seattle
(d) Chicago

14. What does Richard do after his trial?
(a) Starts college
(b) Starts taking drugs
(c) Kill himself
(d) Move away

15. Why did Elizabeth think that Gabriel would make a strong father?
(a) He was a hardworker
(b) He was a loving man
(c) He was rich
(d) He had strong convictions

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gabriel not want John to come under the power of the lord?

2. Why does Elizabeth say she started sleeping with Richard in New York?

3. Where did Elizabeth move to with her aunt?

4. What does Elizabeth call her innocence?

5. Which character says "the black scum of this wicked city?"

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