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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Elizabeth like about Florence?
(a) Her sense of fun
(b) Her no nonsense personality
(c) Her sense of humor
(d) Her honesty

2. What did Elizabeth's aunt say God would do to her soon enough?
(a) Lay her low
(b) Shoot her down
(c) Forgive her
(d) Embrace her

3. Where does Elizabeth find a job?
(a) A hospital
(b) A hostel
(c) A bar
(d) A hotel

4. What does Gabriel say God has promised him?
(a) Eternal life
(b) A place in heaven
(c) A royal line
(d) Financial riches

5. What had the black youth just robbed?
(a) A house
(b) A store
(c) A bank
(d) An old lady

6. Who told Gabriel that Royal had died?
(a) Deborah
(b) Florence
(c) John
(d) Esther

7. What does Elizabeth insist Gabriel does not do?
(a) Beat the children that are not his
(b) Make a distinction between the children
(c) Go out at night
(d) Drink and womanize

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

9. What does Deborah say Gabriel has to do to find forgiveness?
(a) Pray to the lord
(b) Devote his life to the lord
(c) Bury Royal
(d) Admit that Royal was his son

10. How does Elizabeth describe Richard?
(a) Homey
(b) Fragile
(c) Beautiful
(d) Fun

11. Who was the mother of Gabriel's first child?
(a) Anne
(b) Esther
(c) Deborah
(d) Molly

12. What room in the white people's house did Gabriel first make love to Esther?
(a) The kitchen
(b) The bedroom
(c) The lounge
(d) The games room

13. What is Roy's first name in full?
(a) Royal
(b) Rudolf
(c) Raymond
(d) Ronald

14. What part of New York does Elizabeth stay in?
(a) Harlem
(b) The Bronx
(c) Queens
(d) Brooklyn

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Gabriel first become a well known preacher?

3. What did Gabriel do when he heard the news Royal had died?

4. Where did Elizabeth move to with her aunt?

5. Where was Richard waiting when he was arrested?

(see the answer keys)

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