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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinclair imagined following her father's footsteps in Chapter 12, what did she imagine brushed her feet as she walked?
(a) Grass.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Poisonous plants.

2. Where did Sinclair go on a trip with her class that her grandmother helped pay for?
(a) Florida.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Dominican Republic.
(d) California.

3. How many students attended St. James College the first year Sinclair went there?
(a) 35.
(b) 55.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

4. How many Bob Marley songs did Howard cover when he sant cabaret in the west coast hotels?
(a) 22.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

5. What did Sinclair's toes become covered with when the imagined a scene where she followed her father's footsteps?
(a) Water.
(b) Mud.
(c) Blood.
(d) Paint.

6. Where would the girls at St. James who were wealthy go shopping whenever they felt like it?
(a) Montserrat.
(b) Kingston.
(c) Aruba.
(d) Miami.

7. What was the name of a Rastaman Howard started meeting with at his weekly reasonings at Tafara Products in Chapter 22?
(a) Jahdami.
(b) Kymani.
(c) Zaditu.
(d) Makeda.

8. 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.

9. What type of car did the Old Poet drive?
(a) Mazda.
(b) Toyota.
(c) Honda.
(d) Ford.

10. Where did Reina take the Sinclairs when she visited?
(a) Beach.
(b) Movies.
(c) Amusement park.
(d) Ball game.

11. In Chapter 13, on what street did the Sinclairs live?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Eleventh.

12. In Chapter 16, how old was Shari when she was still breastfeeding?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

13. What was the first book the Old Poet gave Sinclair?
(a) Poems of William Wordsworth.
(b) Poems of Phillis Wheatley.
(c) Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(d) Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins.

14. What type of tree did Shannon climb in the school yard?
(a) Mango.
(b) Ackee.
(c) Logwood.
(d) Dogwood.

15. Why did Cassandra not return to St. James College?
(a) She got pregnant.
(b) She cheated on an exam.
(c) She stole something.
(d) Her family moved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color nail polish did the mothers of the American and Canadian students at St. James College usually wear?

2. How old was Sinclair when she was in her final year at St. James College?

3. What band would the Sinclairs listen to when Howard was away?

4. How old was Lij when he tried to stop Howard from whipping Sinclair over a pair of sneakers?

5. When Esther was teaching at Reading Prep, how much did it cost to take the taxi to school and home for a week?

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