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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. In Chapter 7, how old was the girl who shadowed Sinclair all morning and who taunted his about lice?
(a) 4th grade.
(b) 6th grade.
(c) 5th grade.
(d) 7th grade.

2. What was the name of the school Sinclair attended in Chapter 7?
(a) Bishop Gibson.
(b) Catherine Hall.
(c) St. Hugh's.
(d) Wolmers.

3. How old were Sinclair and her siblings when they smoked their first spliff?
(a) 8, 6, and 4.
(b) 7, 5, and 3.
(c) 5, 2, and 1.
(d) 6, 4, and 2.

4. How much was tuition a term at St. James College?
(a) $22,000.
(b) $19,000.
(c) $35,000.
(d) $8,000.

5. What was the name of the landlady where the Sinclairs lived in Chapter 5?
(a) Watson.
(b) Smythe.
(c) Richards.
(d) Gordon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Howie's mother give him when she and the family moved away and told him he could not come with them?

2. In Chapter 1, how many Rasta bredren had overrun Kingston's Palisadoes Airport?

3. How old was Sinclair's father when he first twisted his hair into dreadlocks?

4. How old was Sinclair when she could no longer wear pants or shorts and had to wear dresses or skirts?

5. How long was Howard's recording contract in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Howie learn about Rastafar?

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

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

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