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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 does John's father call white people?

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

3. What was John the first member of his family to do?

4. What was Florence denied by her mother?

5. Where did Florence's father leave for after Gabriel's birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John think God will punish him for his sins?

2. Describe the John's upbringing.

3. What convinced Florence to move north?

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

5. How did Gabriel treat Deborah?

6. What does John sense about his father's feelings in this section?

7. Why did Florence grow to resent her mother and hate her brother?

8. Hoe does Florence stun Gabriel?

9. How does John fall into a fit?

10. How does John's family separate as they walk with the family back home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Go Tell It on the Mountains is said to be a semi-biographical account of Baldwin's life. What similarities does the novel have with Baldwin's life? What character is most like Baldwin and why? What details has Baldwin changed about his life and why did he change these details?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters of Gabriel and Elizabeth.

1) In what ways are their ideas different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Why do you think they cannot sort out their differences?

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