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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Cassandra not return to St. James College?
(a) Her family moved.
(b) She cheated on an exam.
(c) She got pregnant.
(d) She stole something.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. How much land surrounded St. James College?
(a) 1/2 acre.
(b) 2/3 acre.
(c) 1 acre.
(d) 1/3 acre.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Bob Marley songs did Howard cover when he sant cabaret in the west coast hotels?

2. How old was Sinclair when she was in her final year at St. James College?

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

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

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

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