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

2. How old was Sinclair the first time she disobeyed her father and walked into the sea by herself?

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

4. How old was Sinclair when her family moved away from White House?

5. How old was Esther when she became pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Howard bring from Japan after his first trip there?

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

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

Sinclair began to notice differences in what her father said about behavior and what he did himself. How and why did Sinclair begin to believe that her father was a liar and a hypocrite?

Essay Topic 2

Books can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a book provide clarity and flow to a narrative? How did Sinclair use chapter titles in How to Say Babylon?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place where a narrative takes place. Where did How to Say Babylon take place? How did Sinclair feel about the place and why?

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