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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. In Chapter 9, what did Howard do when he was not playing hotel gigs?
(a) Indoctrinating the children.
(b) Yardwork.
(c) Long prayers.
(d) Long walks.

2. At the end of the school year when Sinclair was nine, what did she get to ride at the school carnival?
(a) Pony.
(b) Horse.
(c) Mule.
(d) Elephant.

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

4. How old was Sinclair when she could no longer wear pants or shorts and had to wear dresses or skirts?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

5. While Howard was in Japan, what were Sinclair and her siblings infected with?
(a) Scalp warts.
(b) Folliculitis.
(c) Barber disease.
(d) Shingles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Esther give Sinclair after Sinclair deliberately stepped on a nail?

2. How old were Sinclair and her siblings when they smoked their first spliff?

3. When was the Rastafari movement created?

4. In 1963, how many Rastas were dragged from their homes, imprisoned, and tortured?

5. What was the first car that Howard bought?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was S.P.I.C.?

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

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

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

6. How were Sinclair and Lij treated when they went to school with dreadlocks for the first time?

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

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

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

10. How did Howie learn about Rastafar?

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