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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. In Chapter 9, what did Howard do when he was not playing hotel gigs?

2. When did the government raid Pinnacle and take their 500 acres and their money?

3. In the Prologue, where were Sinclair and her family living?

4. After Sinclair and her siblings started wearing dreadlocks, what would Esther put on their hair?

5. When did Sinclair's parents meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the children's hair start falling out in Chapter 6, and how was the condition cured?

2. What did it mean that Howard wanted Sinclair to be the perfect daughter?

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

4. How did life change for Sinclair and her siblings after her father lost his recording contract?

5. What was the summer like in 1992?

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

7. Why did the Sinclairs move in Chapter 11?

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

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

10. What was next door to the village where Sinclair and her family lived?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Sinclair struggled to fit in at St. James College. How and why did Sinclair struggle to fit in at St. James College?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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