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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 first Sylvia Plath poem that Sinclair read?

2. How long did the beatings Howard inflicted on the children go on until they stopped? .

3. How long had Howard been back from Japan when Sinclair entered seventh grade?

4. Who noticed when Sinclair left a candle burning and it started a fire?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Sinclair and her siblings allowed to go to Doctor's Cave?

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

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

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

5. Why did Sinclair have to quit modeling?

6. Why did Sinclair stay with her grandmother after meeting the Old Poet?

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

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

9. What conversation did Sincalir have with Mrs. Pinnock regarding her hair?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Howard and most Rastafari men believed women had specific roles to play in society and at home. What roles did the Rastafarians believe women should play and what was conveyed about gender roles in Rastafari culture?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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