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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 long had Sinclair's father been gone to Japan when she and her siblings went to visit their grandmother Pauline?

2. How far were SInclair and her family living from the place where she was born in the Prologue?

3. In Chapter 9, what type of leaves did SInclair rake and Lij and Ife make into leaf piles?

4. About how many lived at the Pinnacle commune?

5. How was Sinclair's mother hurt when she ran to save Sinclair when went into the water for the first time by herself and nearly drowned?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Howie learn about Rastafar?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that evokes feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a narrative. What is the overall mood of How to Say Babylon?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a literary device authors use to hint at future events or convey information. How did Sinclair use foreshadowing in How to Say Babylon?

Essay Topic 3

Babylon was a word the Rastafari used to describe those who were not Rastafarians. How did the term Babylon come to represent oppression and oppressors?

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