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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 23, Jezebel to Part IV: Chapter 29, I Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of the school year when Sinclair was nine, what did she get to ride at the school carnival?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Horse.
(c) Mule.
(d) Pony.

3. Who helped Esther cut Sinclair's hair?
(a) Cedella.
(b) Raeni.
(c) Jada.
(d) Idara.

4. Which of her father's albums would Sinclair help make bootleg copies?
(a) Real McKoy.
(b) Let Your Blessings Flow.
(c) Love Jah.
(d) Rocking You.

5. During Sinclairs first reading, how much older were the men who also read with her in a packed Kingston auditorium?
(a) 10 years olds.
(b) 30 years older.
(c) About twice her age.
(d) More than 3 times her age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Haile Selassie when he visited Jamaica in 1966?

2. How long before Sinclair started school at St. James College, did she go to get her school books?

3. What type of church did Grandmother Pauline attend?

4. When Sinclair's parents were invited to the Old Poet's house, what did they bring as a gift?

5. What restaurant did Sinclair tell her father that her classmate Heather's father owned?

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