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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do John's family forget to acknowledge at breakfast?

2. What country did Frank die in?

3. What does John's mother give him for his birthday?

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

5. What park does John go to in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gabriel like Deborah?

2. What vision does John have about Gabriel?

3. What does John see as he walks to church?

4. Summarize Go Tell It to The Mountain.

5. Why does Gabriel marry Deborah?

6. How does Gabriel react to John being saved?

7. Why was Florence and her family so frightened by Deborah's father's attack on the white men?

8. How did Elizabeth meet Gabriel?

9. How did Gabriel become the star of a religious conference in Chicago?

10. Why is Gabriel's past important to John?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Go Tell It on the Mountain is written in the third person. Why do you think Baldwin chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it was written in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Baldwin use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the representation of white people in the book. Why does Baldwin not represent white people in his novel? What affect does this have on the readers perception of white people during this time?

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