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

2. What color nail polish did the mothers of the American and Canadian students at St. James College usually wear?

3. In Chapter 13, what game did Howard and Esther often play?

4. Where would the rich girls at St. James College go swimming?

5. Why did Cassandra not return to St. James College?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Esther and Sinclair go to America in 2003?

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

3. What happened when Howard was beating Sinclair because she told her mother she did not like a pair of sneakers?

4. What was Howard's response when Sinclair asked him about a man in the neighborhood who was beating his wife?

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

6. What happened when Sinclair and her siblings ate green cherries?

7. What did Shannon tell Sinclair about the altercation Sinclair had with Mrs. Pinnock about henna?

8. What was the house like that the Sinclairs lived in on Fifth Street?

9. Who was Aunt Nicey, and how did she treat Howard?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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