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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Esther when she became pregnant?

2. How old was Sinclair when Shari was born?

3. After Sinclair started wearing dreadlocks, how long was it before she would comb her hair again?

4. What year did Chapter 1 take place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sinclair and her family celebrate Kwanzaa?

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

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

4. How did Howie make money to support his family?

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

6. What happened to Howie that made him decide to fully embrace Rastafari?

7. Why were a hundred thousand "Rasta bredern" at the airport in Chapter 1?

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

9. What nickname did Sinclair's father have for her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe people in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe individuals, places, and things. How did Sinclair use imagery to help readers imagine the world where individuals live in How to Say Babylon?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of How to Say Babylon? Why is it not a biography?

Essay Topic 3

Halle Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. The Rastafari regarded him as divine and revered him. Why was Selassie revered by the Rastafarians?

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