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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how many Rasta bredren had overrun Kingston's Palisadoes Airport?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 50.
(d) 100,000.

2. In Chapter 7, how old was the girl who shadowed Sinclair all morning and who taunted his about lice?
(a) 7th grade.
(b) 5th grade.
(c) 6th grade.
(d) 4th grade.

3. What year did Hurricane Gilbert demolish the house at White House?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1986.

4. How many children did Esther have in the four years they lived at White House?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What type of shoes did Esther give Ummy, a student in her classes?
(a) Adudas,
(b) Reebok.
(c) Nike.
(d) Converse.

6. When was Shari Makeda born?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) July.

7. What year were Sinclair's parents born?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1960.

8. What name did Howie take when he decided not to have a Babylon name anymore?
(a) Makeda.
(b) Djani.
(c) Ajani.
(d) Zaditu.

9. 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.

10. How old were Sinclair and her siblings when they smoked their first spliff?
(a) 5, 2, and 1.
(b) 8, 6, and 4.
(c) 7, 5, and 3.
(d) 6, 4, and 2.

11. How many Rastas when police tried to evict them from Coral Gardens in 1963?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

12. How old was Haile Selassie when he visited Jamaica in 1966?
(a) 59.
(b) 74.
(c) 81.
(d) 68.

13. When were Rasta children first permitted to attend public schools?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1980s.

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

15. What grade was SInclair in when her father went to Japan?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 5th.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Howard make the children do in Chapter 9 if he caught them ramping?

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. Where did Howie's great-aunt Sweetie emigrate?

4. What was the name of the school Sinclair attended in Chapter 7?

5. How old was Sinclair's grandmother, Pauline, when she became pregnant with Sinclair's father, Howie?

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