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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 was Sinclair's mother hurt when she ran to save Sinclair when went into the water for the first time by herself and nearly drowned?
(a) Scratched her arm.
(b) Hit her head.
(c) Sprained her ankle.
(d) Cut her foot.

2. What year were Sinclair's parents born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1962.

3. What was the name of the landlady where the Sinclairs lived in Chapter 5?
(a) Watson.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Richards.
(d) Smythe.

4. How old was Sinclair in the Prologue?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 20.
(d) 19.

5. What grade was SInclair in when her father went to Japan?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 4th.
(d) 5th.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rasta folklore, how many white doves burst from the clouds as Haile Selassie's plane appeared?

2. When did Sinclair's father make a trip to the United States as a teen?

3. While Howard was in Japan, what were Sinclair and her siblings infected with?

4. Where did Auntie Audrey and Sinclair's cousin Jason move?

5. In Chapter 9, what did Howard do when he was not playing hotel gigs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Howard not want his children to visit their grandmother Pauline?

2. What was next door to the village where Sinclair and her family lived?

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

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

5. What did Howard bring from Japan after his first trip there?

6. What did it mean that Howard wanted Sinclair to be the perfect daughter?

7. What was Miss Clarke's advice when Sinclair told her about a sixth-grade girl who kept following Sinclair?

8. How did life change for Sinclair and her siblings after her father lost his recording contract?

9. Where did Sinclair's family live until she was five?

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

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