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

2. What did Sinclair's mother do to supplement the family's income?
(a) Wove baskets.
(b) Fished.
(c) Made almond drops.
(d) Made candy.

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

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

5. What did Esther always smoke when she did housework?
(a) Sage.
(b) Chamomile.
(c) Mullein.
(d) Marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What game would Sinclair and her siblings often play at Grandmother Pauline's house?

3. How many rooms did the Sinclairs rent in Chapter 5?

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

5. How far were SInclair and her family living from the place where she was born in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Howie learn about Rastafar?

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

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

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

10. What was the summer like in 1992?

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