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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sinclair imagined following her father's footsteps in Chapter 12, what did she imagine brushed her feet as she walked?
(a) Poisonous plants.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Grass.

2. How long had Howard been back from Japan when Sinclair entered seventh grade?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 1/2 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 1/2 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) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 years.

4. How old was Sinclair when she was in her final year at St. James College?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

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

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

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

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

9. How long did the beatings Howard inflicted on the children go on until they stopped? .
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

10. Who told Sinclair not to walk the grounds of St. James College before school started?
(a) Mr. Roberts.
(b) Mrs. Pinnock.
(c) Mrs. Newnham.
(d) Mr. WIlson.

11. 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) $150.
(c) $175.
(d) $200

12. How old was Howard the year Sinclair started attending St. James College?
(a) 29.
(b) 36.
(c) 34.
(d) 38.

13. What time would Howard watch the news?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 7 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 6:30 p.m.

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

15. What color nail polish did the mothers of the American and Canadian students at St. James College usually wear?
(a) Pink.
(b) White.
(c) Clear.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. At the time Sinclair's parents visited the Old Poet's house, how long had Sinclair been studying with him?

3. On the day Sinclair and her siblings ate green cherries, where was Howard supposed to be playing at a show at a hotel?

4. Where was the second rented house the Sinclairs lived in since Bogue located?

5. When Sinclair was 16, what was the publication where she submitted three of her poems?

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