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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) $8.50.
(b) $10.
(c) $5.
(d) $12.50.

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

3. How long after Howie and Esther met did they move into a small commune with other Rastas?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) A year.

4. How did Sinclair lose a tooth when she was nine?
(a) She fell from a tree.
(b) She was playing at recess at school.
(c) She fell and hit her face.
(d) Lij ran into her.

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

6. How old was Sinclair when she could no longer wear pants or shorts and had to wear dresses or skirts?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

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

8. What was the name of the girl Sinclair befriended when she was in fifth grade?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Monique.
(c) Dominique.
(d) Louise.

9. What did Esther always smoke when she did housework?
(a) Chamomile.
(b) Mullein.
(c) Sage.
(d) Marijuana.

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

11. In Chapter 5, where did the Sinclairs move?
(a) Retirement.
(b) Bogue Heights.
(c) Granville.
(d) Pit Four.

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

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

14. How was Sinclair's mother hurt when she ran to save Sinclair when went into the water for the first time by herself and nearly drowned?
(a) Sprained her ankle.
(b) Cut her foot.
(c) Hit her head.
(d) Scratched her arm.

15. In 1963, how many Rastas were dragged from their homes, imprisoned, and tortured?
(a) More than 150.
(b) About 230.
(c) 140.
(d) 190.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Howard returned from Japan after he lost his recording contract, did he have a purification ceremony?

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 4, how many nights a week would Howie travel to the resorts to play his guitar?

5. How old were Sinclair and her siblings when they smoked their first spliff?

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