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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book did Sinclair read in Chapter 12 that Mrs. Newnham assigned?
(a) Men and Gods.
(b) Uncovering Greek Mythology.
(c) Ultimate Greek Mythology.
(d) Mythos.

3. Who noticed when Sinclair left a candle burning and it started a fire?
(a) Lij.
(b) Esther.
(c) Shari.
(d) Ife.

4. Where was the fifth house that the Sinclairs moved to in five years?
(a) Haughton Grove.
(b) Montpelier.
(c) Bickersteth.
(d) Hanover.

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

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

7. On the day Sinclair and her siblings ate green cherries, where was Howard supposed to be playing at a show at a hotel?
(a) Cousins Cove.
(b) Negril.
(c) Orange Bay.
(d) West End.

8. In Chapter 13, what game did Howard and Esther often play?
(a) Rummy.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Mahjongg.

9. What was the first Sylvia Plath poem that Sinclair read?
(a) Daddy.
(b) A Life.
(c) Balloons.
(d) Dark House.

10. Which of her father's albums would Sinclair help make bootleg copies?
(a) Real McKoy.
(b) Let Your Blessings Flow.
(c) Love Jah.
(d) Rocking You.

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

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

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

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

15. What band would the Sinclairs listen to when Howard was away?
(a) Weezer.
(b) Radiohead.
(c) Cranberries.
(d) Pearl Jam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color belt did Howard use to beat his children?

2. What poet did the Old Poet think Sinclair would read when she tired of Plath?

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

4. In Chapter 16, how old was Shari when she was still breastfeeding?

5. What poem of Sinclair's did she and the Old Poet work on in June in Chapter 21?

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