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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. At the time Sinclair's parents visited the Old Poet's house, how long had Sinclair been studying with him?

2. What time would Howard watch the news?

3. How many students attended St. James College the first year Sinclair went there?

4. During Sinclairs first reading, how much older were the men who also read with her in a packed Kingston auditorium?

5. How much land surrounded St. James College?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Sinclair able to get her broken tooth fixed?

2. How did Sinclair spend her time after finishing high school?

3. Where did Sinclair send some of her poetry, and what happened after she sent them?

4. What advice did Esther give Sinclair when the Old Poet fondled her at an award ceremony?

5. How did Sinclair feel after Mrs. Newnham suggested she write down what she was feeling?

6. How did Howard react when Sinclair and Esther told him about the henna incident?

7. How did Sinclair feel when she saw her father watching pornography?

8. Who was Cassandra, and what happened to her?

9. How did Sinclair and her siblings always have a lunch to eat at school?

10. How did Sinclair's mother and grandmother persuade Howard to allow Sinclair to wear pants for a class trip to Havana?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After attending her grandmother’s church, Sinclair had doubts about her upbringing. Why did Sinclair begin to doubt what she was taught after attending her grandmother’s church?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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