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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. What did Howard make the children do in Chapter 9 if he caught them ramping?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Yardwork.
(c) Weeding.
(d) Cleaning.

2. What year did Chapter 1 take place?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1984.

3. What grade was SInclair in when her father went to Japan?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 5th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 4th.

4. How old was Sinclair when her family moved away from White House?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what did Howard do when he was not playing hotel gigs?

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

3. How long after Howie and Esther met did they move into a small commune with other Rastas?

4. In Chapter 9, what type of leaves did SInclair rake and Lij and Ife make into leaf piles?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Sinclair and her family celebrate Kwanzaa?

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

6. How did Howie make money to support his family?

7. Why were a hundred thousand "Rasta bredern" at the airport in Chapter 1?

8. What was the summer like in 1992?

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

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

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