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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. Why did Cassandra not return to St. James College?
(a) Her family moved.
(b) She got pregnant.
(c) She cheated on an exam.
(d) She stole something.

2. In Chapter 13, what game did Howard and Esther often play?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Mahjongg.
(c) Rummy.
(d) Checkers.

3. What was the name of a Rastaman Howard started meeting with at his weekly reasonings at Tafara Products in Chapter 22?
(a) Jahdami.
(b) Kymani.
(c) Zaditu.
(d) Makeda.

4. How old was Lij when he tried to stop Howard from whipping Sinclair over a pair of sneakers?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

5. Who told Sinclair not to walk the grounds of St. James College before school started?
(a) Mrs. Newnham.
(b) Mrs. Pinnock.
(c) Mr. WIlson.
(d) Mr. Roberts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color belt did Howard use to beat his children?

2. When Sinclair was 16, what was the publication where she submitted three of her poems?

3. How old was Ife when she and the other children ate green cherries and were beaten for the act?

4. During Sinclairs first reading, how much older were the men who also read with her in a packed Kingston auditorium?

5. What type of accent did the Old Poet have who Sinclair visited in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Sinclair send some of her poetry, and what happened after she sent them?

2. Who were some of Sinclair's classmates when she started seventh grade at St. James College?

3. Why did Esther and Sinclair go to America in 2003?

4. What happened when Howard was beating Sinclair because she told her mother she did not like a pair of sneakers?

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

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

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

8. How did Sinclair and her siblings always have a lunch to eat at school?

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

10. How did Sinclair's mother and grandmother persuade Howard to allow Sinclair to wear pants for a class trip to Havana?

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