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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book did Sinclair choose when she and her parents visited the Old Poet and he told her to choose a book to keep?
(a) Canterbury Tales.
(b) Crime and Punishment.
(c) The Count of Monte Cristo.
(d) The Bhagavad Gita.

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

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

5. What was the name of a girl at St. James who had a tattoo on her ankle?
(a) Lizzy.
(b) Heather.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Shannon.

6. What poet did the Old Poet think Sinclair would read when she tired of Plath?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Jane Cavendish.
(c) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(d) Eliza Haywood.

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

8. How many buttons would the white girls unbutton on the blouses of their school uniforms at St. James College?
(a) 2 or 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 1 or 2.

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) Shania Twain.
(b) Celine Dion.
(c) Whitney Houston.
(d) Madonna.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, on what street did the Sinclairs live?

2. How long was Cassandra missing from school before Sinclair noticed?

3. Where was Reina from, who visited the Sinclairs?

4. How far did Grandma travel to get Sinclair to take her to the dentist?

5. Where would the rich girls at St. James College go swimming?

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