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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 15, Book of Esther to Part III: Chapter 22, Coven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Lij when he tried to stop Howard from whipping Sinclair over a pair of sneakers?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

2. While Howard was in Japan, what were Sinclair and her siblings infected with?
(a) Scalp warts.
(b) Folliculitis.
(c) Barber disease.
(d) Shingles.

3. Including Sinclair, how many scholarship students were in Sinclair's seventh grade class at St. James College?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. What was the first Sylvia Plath poem that Sinclair read?
(a) Balloons.
(b) Dark House.
(c) A Life.
(d) Daddy.

5. What poet did the Old Poet think Sinclair would read when she tired of Plath?
(a) Eliza Haywood.
(b) Jane Cavendish.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of a girl at St. James who had a tattoo on her ankle?

2. During Sinclairs first reading, how much older were the men who also read with her in a packed Kingston auditorium?

3. When were Rasta children first permitted to attend public schools?

4. What was the name of the first girl Sinclair met at St. James College?

5. What was the name of a Rastaman Howard started meeting with at his weekly reasonings at Tafara Products in Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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