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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 long were the visas that the record label could grant Howard and his band?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 6 months.

2. When were Rasta children first permitted to attend public schools?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1982.

3. When did Sinclair and her siblings sing with their father on stage for the first time?
(a) September 1992.
(b) June 1992.
(c) July 1992.
(d) August 1992.

4. What was the name of a boy who delivered a note to Sinclair from a girl who wrote that she did not want to be Sinclair's friend?
(a) Lorenzo.
(b) David.
(c) Anthony.
(d) William.

5. Where was the party held where Howie and Esther met?
(a) Mount Horeb.
(b) Mount Carey.
(c) Anchovy.
(d) Montpelier.

Short Answer 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?

2. How many Rastas when police tried to evict them from Coral Gardens in 1963?

3. How did Sinclair lose a tooth when she was nine?

4. What was the name of the landlady where the Sinclairs lived in Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Sinclair and her family celebrate Kwanzaa?

4. Why did the Sinclairs move in Chapter 11?

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

6. What happened when Haile Selassie's plane landed in Jamaica?

7. How did Howie learn about Rastafar?

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

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

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

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