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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What important event happened in Gabriel life at the age of 22?
(a) He found God
(b) He overdosed
(c) He married
(d) He moved north

3. What did Gabriel consider Esther to be?
(a) Damaged goods
(b) A real woman
(c) An angel
(d) A harlot

4. What does Elizabeth say was her defense?
(a) Her arrogance
(b) Her pride
(c) Her anger
(d) Her humor

5. Where was Richard waiting when he was arrested?
(a) The subway
(b) The doctors
(c) The bus stop
(d) The train station

6. What did Elizabeth work as on Wall Street?
(a) A cleaner
(b) A secretary
(c) A shoe shiner
(d) A financial analyst

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

8. Whose forehead does Gabriel want to crush?
(a) Elizabeth's
(b) Roy's
(c) A whiteman's
(d) John's

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

10. Who did Gabriel steal money from?
(a) Esther
(b) Deborah
(c) Florence
(d) His mother

11. Why would no one else marry Deborah?
(a) She could not bear children
(b) She had been raped
(c) She was ugly
(d) She was crazy

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

13. What does Elizabeth call her innocence?
(a) Her pearl
(b) Her petal
(c) Her satin silk
(d) Her diamond

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

15. Who is the son that God promised Gabriel in a dream?
(a) Roy
(b) Davis
(c) John
(d) Abe

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of New York did Elizabeth meet Florence?

2. Who is the only man Elizabeth has truly loved?

3. Why does Elizabeth think she should have told Richard about her pregnancy?

4. Whose point of view is this chapter mostly told from?

5. Why could Elizabeth not leave Richard?

(see the answer keys)

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