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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 is the name of Gabriel's sister?

2. Who used to try and persuade Florence to go to church?

3. Where does Aunt Florence say the young woman that stands by Gabriel's side now is?

4. What would Frank do after an argument with Florence?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John think about his mother and father's relationship?

2. How did Elizabeth meet Gabriel?

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

4. Why is John denied such pleasures as dancing?

5. What happens to Esther and Gabriel's son Royal?

6. Describe the John's upbringing.

7. Hoe does Florence stun Gabriel?

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

9. Why does Gabriel like Deborah?

10. What reason does Florence give for her mother being religious?

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

Examine the affects of slavery. How did slavery affect the characters in the book? In what way was someone like John affected differently by slavery than someone like Gabriel? How does the memory of slavery affect African Americans today?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the connections between African Americans and Christianity. Why do the students think African Americans embraced Christianity so readily? How did Christianity help African Americans gain more rights? In what way did African Americans use Christianity as a political force?

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