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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What color belt did Howard use to beat his children?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. Including Sinclair, how many scholarship students were in Sinclair's seventh grade class at St. James College?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. What color belt did a Canadian friend give Howard?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

6. What type of sandwich did Sinclair often have for lunch in seventh grade?
(a) Tomato and cheese.
(b) Lettuce and cheese.
(c) Egg salad.
(d) Chickpeas and lettuce.

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

8. What type of accent did the Old Poet have who Sinclair visited in Chapter 19?
(a) Jamaican.
(b) Barbadian.
(c) West Indies.
(d) Trinidad.

9. When Esther was teaching at Reading Prep, how much did it cost to take the taxi to school and home for a week?
(a) $225.
(b) $175.
(c) $200
(d) $150.

10. How long was Cassandra missing from school before Sinclair noticed?
(a) A month.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sinclair go on a trip with her class that her grandmother helped pay for?

2. How old was Howard the year Sinclair started attending St. James College?

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

4. What was the name of a seamstress the Sinclair visited in Awful Gully?

5. Who noticed when Sinclair left a candle burning and it started a fire?

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