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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinclair started having sessions with the Old Poet, how many poems would she memorize in a week?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

3. 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) 6 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 4 years.

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

5. What was the name of a movie a girl watched at St. James College that had an actor named Jared Leto in it?
(a) My So-Called Life.
(b) Requiem for a Dream.
(c) Almost Home.
(d) Switchback.

6. How far of a drive did most of Sinclair's classmates have to attend St. James College?
(a) About 15 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) Less than 10 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

7. How old was Ife when she and the other children ate green cherries and were beaten for the act?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

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

9. When Sinclair and her sisters were secured in Bickersteth after Sinclair quit studying with the Old Poet, what would the car next door blast every evening?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Whitney Houston.
(c) Shania Twain.
(d) Celine Dion.

10. How long before Sinclair started school at St. James College, did she go to get her school books?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 1 week.

11. How far did Grandma travel to get Sinclair to take her to the dentist?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

12. Where was the second rented house the Sinclairs lived in since Bogue located?
(a) First Street.
(b) Twentieth Street.
(c) Eighteenth Street.
(d) Fifth Street.

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

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

15. What teacher suggested that Sinclair start writing down her thoughts in Chapter 17?
(a) Mrs. Lawrence.
(b) Mrs. Newnham.
(c) Mrs. Pinnock.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of car did the Old Poet drive?

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

3. When Lij and Sinclair took SAT classes, how many days a week were the classes?

4. During Sinclairs first reading, how much older were the men who also read with her in a packed Kingston auditorium?

5. How many students were in Sinclair's seventh grade class at St. James College?

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