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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 color belt did Howard use to beat his children?
2. Where would the girls at St. James who were wealthy go shopping whenever they felt like it?
3. What color did Cassandra say her father's eyes were when he was mad?
4. What online encyclopedia came on the first computer the Sinclairs owned?
5. When Sinclair's parents were invited to the Old Poet's house, what did they bring as a gift?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Sinclair feel when she saw her father watching pornography?
2. How did Sinclair feel after Mrs. Newnham suggested she write down what she was feeling?
3. What was Howard's response when Sinclair asked him about a man in the neighborhood who was beating his wife?
4. How was Sinclair able to get her broken tooth fixed?
5. How did Howard react when Sinclair and Esther told him about the henna incident?
6. Who was Aunt Nicey, and how did she treat Howard?
7. What did Shannon tell Sinclair about the altercation Sinclair had with Mrs. Pinnock about henna?
8. Who were some of Sinclair's classmates when she started seventh grade at St. James College?
9. What happened when Howard was beating Sinclair because she told her mother she did not like a pair of sneakers?
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
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?
Essay Topic 2
Sinclair struggled to fit in at St. James College. How and why did Sinclair struggle to fit in at St. James College?
Essay Topic 3
When Sinclair was young, she worshipped her father. How and why did Sinclair’s relationship with her father change as she grew up?
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