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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. What was the name of a boy who delivered a note to Sinclair from a girl who wrote that she did not want to be Sinclair's friend?

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

3. What name did Howie take when he decided not to have a Babylon name anymore?

4. In Chapter 4, how many nights a week would Howie travel to the resorts to play his guitar?

5. How old was Haile Selassie when he visited Jamaica in 1966?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the summer like in 1992?

3. How were Sinclair and Lij treated when they went to school with dreadlocks for the first time?

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

5. Where did Sinclair and her family live when they moved to Bogue Heights?

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

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

8. Why did the Sinclairs move in Chapter 11?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Howard was drawn to Rastafari beliefs. Esther followed him and became Rastafari as well. What motivated Howard and Esther to become Rastafari?

Essay Topic 2

The Old Poet made inappropriate advances to Sinclair. How and why did Esther react as she did when Sinclair told her what happened?

Essay Topic 3

Sinclair and her siblings began to wear dreadlocks. What were dreadlocks, and why did the children begin wearing their hair that way?

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