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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Lij when he tried to stop Howard from whipping Sinclair over a pair of sneakers?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

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

3. How much older than Sinclair was the scholarship student named Cassandra?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) A year.
(d) 6 months.

4. Where did Sinclair get her broken tooth fixed?
(a) Willowdene.
(b) Gregory Park.
(c) Spanish Town.
(d) Greenwich.

5. What year was Sinclair invited to represent Jamaica at the Global Young Leaders Conference?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2002.

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

7. How old was Sinclair when she first went to America?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

8. Where would the rich girls at St. James College go swimming?
(a) Half Moon.
(b) Wild Orchard.
(c) Zilara Rose.
(d) Doctor's Cave.

9. What was the name of a seamstress the Sinclair visited in Awful Gully?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Louisa.
(d) Primrose.

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

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

12. After Esther returned from starting to leave the family in Chapter 16, how many years had it been since Howard had returned from Japan?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 years.

13. What color did Cassandra say her father's eyes were when he was mad?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

14. What online encyclopedia came on the first computer the Sinclairs owned?
(a) Encyclopaedia Britannica.
(b) Nupedia.
(c) Citzendium.
(d) Encarta.

15. What poem of Sinclair's did she and the Old Poet work on in June in Chapter 21?
(a) Silver.
(b) Cannibal.
(c) Confessor.
(d) Center of the World.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound did Sinclair imagine she made when she saw herself walking behind her father in her mind?

2. Who told Sinclair not to walk the grounds of St. James College before school started?

3. In Chapter 13, what game did Howard and Esther often play?

4. What was the first Sylvia Plath poem that Sinclair read?

5. When Sinclair started having sessions with the Old Poet, how many poems would she memorize in a week?

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