View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the first girl Sinclair met at St. James College?
(a) Linda.
(b) Shannon.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Megan.

3. When did the government raid Pinnacle and take their 500 acres and their money?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1954.

4. How old was Sinclair's father when he first twisted his hair into dreadlocks?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

5. How old was Sinclair the first time she disobeyed her father and walked into the sea by herself?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sinclair's mother do to supplement the family's income?

2. What name did Howie take when he decided not to have a Babylon name anymore?

3. In Chapter 5, where did the Sinclairs move?

4. When did Sinclair and her siblings sing with their father on stage for the first time?

5. What was the name of the school Sinclair attended in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,012 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample