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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, where were Sinclair and her family living?
(a) Reading.
(b) Islington.
(c) Bickersteth.
(d) Hopewell.

2. About how many lived at the Pinnacle commune?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,500.

3. How long after Howard returned from Japan after he lost his recording contract, did he have a purification ceremony?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

4. After Sinclair and her siblings started wearing dreadlocks, what would Esther put on their hair?
(a) Rosemary oil and aloe vera gel.
(b) Aloe vera gel and olive oil.
(c) Coconut oil.
(d) Peppermint oil and aloe vera gel.

5. When did Sinclair and her siblings sing with their father on stage for the first time?
(a) June 1992.
(b) August 1992.
(c) September 1992.
(d) July 1992.

6. What type of church did Grandmother Pauline attend?
(a) Seventh-day Adventist.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Latter-day Saints.
(d) Pentecostal.

7. How much was tuition a term at St. James College?
(a) $22,000.
(b) $35,000.
(c) $19,000.
(d) $8,000.

8. When was the Rastafari movement created?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1939.

9. How old was Esther when she became pregnant?
(a) 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 21.

10. How old was Sinclair when her family moved away from White House?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. What word did Howard use to call Sinclair's crying when she lost a tooth when she was nine?
(a) Pride.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Self-centered.
(d) Egotistic.

12. How many years before Sinclair did William Blake die?
(a) 211.
(b) About 180.
(c) Nearly 170.
(d) 194.

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

14. How old was Sinclair the first time she disobeyed her father and walked into the sea by herself?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. Where did Auntie Audrey and Sinclair's cousin Jason move?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Miami.
(c) Denver.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Esther give Sinclair after Sinclair deliberately stepped on a nail?

2. What was the name of the girl Sinclair befriended when she was in fifth grade?

3. In Chapter 9, what type of leaves did SInclair rake and Lij and Ife make into leaf piles?

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

5. What was the name of a boy who delivered a note to Sinclair from a girl who wrote that she did not want to be Sinclair's friend?

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