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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fall 1987 - Spring 1988, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the children call the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) Hornets, the projects, or the 'jects
(b) the jail or the dump
(c) the battleground
(d) the hole or the box

2. Why is Lafeyette against the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?
(a) He knows that Rickey is a thief.
(b) He worries that Rickey will take his place with Pharoah.
(c) He worries that Rickey will lead Pharoah into trouble.
(d) He thinks someone is out to kill Rickey.

3. Why does Lafeyette not want to play basketball with the project boys?
(a) They cheat.
(b) They are all older than he is.
(c) They play too rough.
(d) They might try to recruit him into a gang.

4. What solidifies the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?
(a) Rickey starts dating Pharoah's cousin.
(b) Rickey gives Pharoah his lunch money.
(c) Rickey punches a bully who had been picking on Pharoah.
(d) Rickey saves Pharoah from getting hit by a bus.

5. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?
(a) trash bins behind a Kentucky Fried Chicken
(b) left overs at home
(c) pet food he shoplifts
(d) dead rats in the project

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the larger boys play when they visit the railway tracks?

2. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?

3. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?

4. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?

5. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?

(see the answer key)

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