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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gabriel command John to do?
(a) Sing
(b) Go to the shop
(c) Kneel
(d) Leave

2. Why does Elizabeth say she started sleeping with Richard in New York?
(a) She wanted to show him she would make a good wife
(b) She wanted a child
(c) No one cared how she acted
(d) She found him irresistible

3. Who hopes that one day God will grind white people into humility?
(a) Florence
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Richard
(d) Gabriel

4. How does Gabriel think he has made amends for his sin?
(a) By caring for Elizabeth and John
(b) By working hard
(c) By praying everyday
(d) By admitting his mistakes

5. What does Gabriel promise Elizabeth he will bring her back to?
(a) Herself
(b) Her innocence
(c) Her faith
(d) Her family

6. Where did Gabriel first become a well known preacher?
(a) New York
(b) Georgia
(c) Mississippi
(d) North Carolina

7. Who did Gabriel steal money from?
(a) His mother
(b) Esther
(c) Deborah
(d) Florence

8. What does Elizabeth call her innocence?
(a) Her pearl
(b) Her satin silk
(c) Her diamond
(d) Her petal

9. What does Gabriel see John as the product of?
(a) A woman's sins
(b) The devil
(c) A failing society
(d) A man's sins

10. What was John when Gabriel married Elizabeth?
(a) A miserable child
(b) An unnamed child
(c) A dying child
(d) A devil child

11. Why did Elizabeth decide not to tell Richard she was pregnant?
(a) She did not want to burden him
(b) She did not wnat to marry him
(c) She did not think he would be a good father
(d) She was too ashamed

12. Why could Deborah not bear Gabriel children?
(a) She had a fear of sex
(b) She wanted to stay pure for God
(c) She did not want to have his children
(d) She was brutally raped

13. Which character says "the black scum of this wicked city?"
(a) Roy
(b) Florence
(c) Richard
(d) Gabriel

14. What does Gabriel say God has promised him?
(a) Eternal life
(b) A place in heaven
(c) A royal line
(d) Financial riches

15. Which of the following events happened when Elizabeth was 8?
(a) Her mother died
(b) Her father died
(c) She was raped
(d) Her father was lynched

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would no one else marry Deborah?

2. What is Roy's first name in full?

3. What did Gabriel consider Esther to be?

4. Whose point of view is this chapter mostly told from?

5. What does Elizabeth say was her defense?

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