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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deborah say Gabriel has to do to find forgiveness?

2. Who told Gabriel that Royal had died?

3. What does Elizabeth call her innocence?

4. Where did Elizabeth move to with her aunt?

5. Why did Gabriel steal money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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