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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1988, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does James say they will all die?
(a) in a car wreck
(b) by killing or plain out
(c) old age
(d) cancer

2. What has caused Pharoah to faint?
(a) snakes at the tracks
(b) deeing Bird Leg get shot
(c) getting too hot
(d) the sounds of gunfire

3. How does Pharoah work on his stutter?
(a) talking very softly
(b) tongue twisters
(c) using hand motions
(d) saying the words and letters slowly

4. What does Pharoah worry about as he prepares for the contest?
(a) his memory
(b) his stutter
(c) his pronunciation
(d) his clothes

5. What evidence is there that Pharoah is comfortable in a classroom?
(a) He sits on the front row.
(b) He has no trouble breathing.
(c) He makes everyone laugh.
(d) He stutters less.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does LaJoe send the boys to stay with her mother a few miles west?

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

3. What is Bird Leg's obsession?

4. What does Lafeyette fantasize about having in the future?

5. Who is the son LaJoe is closest to but who disappoints her the most?

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