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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue to Part I: Chapter 5, Bettah Must Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the party held where Howie and Esther met?
(a) Montpelier.
(b) Anchovy.
(c) Mount Carey.
(d) Mount Horeb.

2. What did Sinclair's mother do to supplement the family's income?
(a) Made candy.
(b) Made almond drops.
(c) Fished.
(d) Wove baskets.

3. When did high fences go up near the village where Sinclair spent her early childhood to protect the hotels and airport?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1939.

4. How old was Sinclair's grandmother, Pauline, when she became pregnant with Sinclair's father, Howie?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

5. What year did Chapter 1 take place?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Hurricane Gilbert demolish the house at White House?

2. How much money did Howie's mother give him when she and the family moved away and told him he could not come with them?

3. How old was Esther when she became pregnant?

4. According to Rasta folklore, how many white doves burst from the clouds as Haile Selassie's plane appeared?

5. In Chapter 1, how many Rasta bredren had overrun Kingston's Palisadoes Airport?

(see the answer key)

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