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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. When was Shari Makeda born?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) May.

2. In Chapter 4, how many nights a week would Howie travel to the resorts to play his guitar?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

3. What was the first car that Howard bought?
(a) Kia.
(b) Toyota.
(c) Isuzu.
(d) Honda.

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

5. How many Rastas when police tried to evict them from Coral Gardens in 1963?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did Hurricane Gilbert demolish the house at White House?

3. When did Sinclair's parents meet?

4. How old was Sinclair's grandmother, Pauline, when she became pregnant with Sinclair's father, Howie?

5. How old was Sinclair when her family moved away from White House?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When did Howie go to the United States, and what did he do there?

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

5. How did Howie learn about Rastafar?

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

7. What was the summer like in 1992?

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

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

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

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