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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 city did Frank and Florence live in?

2. What country did Frank die in?

3. What person in her life does Florence hate?

4. Who does Gabriel blame for Roy's wild ways?

5. Who does Florence think rejoices in her presence at church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Florence visit the church?

2. What kind of life did Elizabeth initially have in New York?

3. What did Gabriel spend most of his time doing as a young man?

4. Why does Florence keep Deborah's letter in her purse?

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

6. What influence does Gabriel have on John's life?

7. Why is John denied such pleasures as dancing?

8. How did Gabriel treat Deborah?

9. How does John's mother react to John being saved?

10. What is John's attitude towards religion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of 1930s.

1) Why was religion so important to black people?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does today's society share any values with 1930s America?

Essay Topic 2

What are the differences between the north and the south? Why have so many of the novel's characters moved from the south to the north?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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