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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 book did Sinclair choose when she and her parents visited the Old Poet and he told her to choose a book to keep?
(a) The Count of Monte Cristo.
(b) Crime and Punishment.
(c) The Bhagavad Gita.
(d) Canterbury Tales.

2. How many Bob Marley songs did Howard cover when he sant cabaret in the west coast hotels?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 22.
(d) 15.

3. How long before Sinclair started school at St. James College, did she go to get her school books?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. Where would the rich girls at St. James College go swimming?
(a) Zilara Rose.
(b) Half Moon.
(c) Doctor's Cave.
(d) Wild Orchard.

5. During Sinclairs first reading, how much older were the men who also read with her in a packed Kingston auditorium?
(a) About twice her age.
(b) 10 years olds.
(c) 30 years older.
(d) More than 3 times her age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Howard the year Sinclair started attending St. James College?

2. What was the name of a Rastaman Howard started meeting with at his weekly reasonings at Tafara Products in Chapter 22?

3. How far of a drive did most of Sinclair's classmates have to attend St. James College?

4. Where was the second rented house the Sinclairs lived in since Bogue located?

5. What color nail polish did the mothers of the American and Canadian students at St. James College usually wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sinclair feel when she saw her father watching pornography?

2. What was the house like that the Sinclairs lived in on Fifth Street?

3. What was Howard's response when Sinclair asked him about a man in the neighborhood who was beating his wife?

4. Who was Cassandra, and what happened to her?

5. Why did Sinclair decide that she would never be her father's perfect Rasta daughter?

6. What conversation did Sincalir have with Mrs. Pinnock regarding her hair?

7. How was Sinclair able to get her broken tooth fixed?

8. How were Sinclair and her siblings allowed to go to Doctor's Cave?

9. How did Howard react when Sinclair and Esther told him about the henna incident?

10. What did Shannon tell Sinclair about the altercation Sinclair had with Mrs. Pinnock about henna?

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