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

2. In 1963, how many Rastas were dragged from their homes, imprisoned, and tortured?
(a) 140.
(b) About 230.
(c) More than 150.
(d) 190.

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

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

5. What type of shoes did Esther give Ummy, a student in her classes?
(a) Adudas,
(b) Converse.
(c) Reebok.
(d) Nike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did Howard use to call Sinclair's crying when she lost a tooth when she was nine?

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

3. What grade was SInclair in when her father went to Japan?

4. How old was Sinclair when Shari was born?

5. What area of Montego Bay did the Sinclair's move to after they left Ms. Gordon's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Howie learn about Rastafar?

2. Where did Sinclair and her family live when they moved to Bogue Heights?

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

4. How did Sinclair and her family celebrate Kwanzaa?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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