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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 was the first book the Old Poet gave Sinclair?
(a) Poems of Phillis Wheatley.
(b) Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(c) Poems of William Wordsworth.
(d) Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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

3. Where did Sinclair get her broken tooth fixed?
(a) Spanish Town.
(b) Gregory Park.
(c) Greenwich.
(d) Willowdene.

4. At the time Sinclair's parents visited the Old Poet's house, how long had Sinclair been studying with him?
(a) Almost 2 years.
(b) 1 1/2 years.
(c) 2 1/2 years.
(d) Nearly 3 years.

5. When Sinclair and her sisters were secured in Bickersteth after Sinclair quit studying with the Old Poet, what would the car next door blast every evening?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Shania Twain.
(c) Celine Dion.
(d) Whitney Houston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her father's albums would Sinclair help make bootleg copies?

2. How many Bob Marley songs did Howard cover when he sant cabaret in the west coast hotels?

3. What teacher suggested that Sinclair start writing down her thoughts in Chapter 17?

4. Including Sinclair, how many scholarship students were in Sinclair's seventh grade class at St. James College?

5. What color did Cassandra say her father's eyes were when he was mad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice did Esther give Sinclair when the Old Poet fondled her at an award ceremony?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Sinclair have to quit modeling?

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

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

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