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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Esther when she became pregnant?
(a) 21.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

2. What word did Howard use to call Sinclair's crying when she lost a tooth when she was nine?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Self-centered.
(c) Pride.
(d) Egotistic.

3. What did Esther always smoke when she did housework?
(a) Chamomile.
(b) Mullein.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Sage.

4. How many children did Esther have in the four years they lived at White House?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. How long after Howard returned from Japan after he lost his recording contract, did he have a purification ceremony?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sinclair and her siblings started wearing dreadlocks, what would Esther put on their hair?

2. What area of Montego Bay did the Sinclair's move to after they left Ms. Gordon's?

3. In Chapter 6, what month did Sinclair and her siblings visit their grandmother Pauline?

4. What was the first car that Howard bought?

5. How long was the coastline that the village of White House had?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Pinnacle, and what happened to the commune?

2. Where did Sinclair and her family live when they moved to Bogue Heights?

3. How did Howie make money to support his family?

4. What happened to Howie that made him decide to fully embrace Rastafari?

5. What nickname did Sinclair's father have for her?

6. How did Sinclair learn that a girl named Monique did not want to be her friend?

7. Why did the children's hair start falling out in Chapter 6, and how was the condition cured?

8. How did Howie learn about Rastafar?

9. What was different about Grandma Pauline's house from the house where the Sinclairs lived?

10. Why were a hundred thousand "Rasta bredern" at the airport in Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

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