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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who do Roy and his gang try to pick a fight with?
(a) A rival black gang
(b) The Ku Klux Klan
(c) Religious leaders
(d) White boys

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

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

5. What was John the first member of his family to do?
(a) Marry a white woman
(b) Be born in the north
(c) Read
(d) Go to college

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Florence keep the letter from Deborah?

2. What person in her life does Florence hate?

3. Why does Florence think Gabriel rejoices in her presence at church?

4. What does Florence say Frank was extravagant with?

5. What was the name of Gabriel's first wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do Florence and Gabriel's ideas differ about God?

2. How did Gabriel treat Deborah?

3. Why does Florence visit the church?

4. Why did Florence's mother religious zealotry wear her down?

5. What happened to Esther in when she moved away?

6. What was Richard like when Elizabeth first met him?

7. What is John's attitude towards religion?

8. Why does Elizabeth blame herself for Richard's death?

9. Why did Elizabeth not tell Richard she was pregnant?

10. Summarize part 1.

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