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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes stressful to LaJoe to the point of sleepless nights and severe headaches?
(a) too many gun battles
(b) drug abuse
(c) Pharoah's running away
(d) so many people in the house

2. What happens to Pharoah on his last word?
(a) He suddenly needs to go to the bathroom.
(b) He spells the first four letters and then his throat closes up.
(c) He gets one of his severe headaches.
(d) He starts to stutter so bad that the judges cannot understand him.

3. How old was LaJoe when she first came to the Henry Horner Projects?
(a) twenty
(b) four
(c) sixteen
(d) ten

4. What does Terrance claim loudly?
(a) that the food is terrible
(b) that the guards beat him
(c) that he is innocent of the crime
(d) that he will break out

5. What can Pharoah do in his secret place?
(a) watch the girls jump rope
(b) play with puppies
(c) practice his spelling
(d) clear his mind of everything there

6. What makes Pharoah feel uncomfortable on Chicago Avenue?
(a) The traffic scares him when they cross the street.
(b) Too many policemen are walking around.
(c) The boys talk about shoplifting.
(d) People look at them as dirty Horner boys.

7. What does the racist policeman say to Lafeyette at the stadium?
(a) Black kids all belong to gangs.
(b) The white people don't have money to give to niggers.
(c) There's no room for black trash here.
(d) You black kids are all pushing dope.

8. Why do the police take the boys close to their home and drop them off with a stern warning?
(a) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, pays for the videos.
(b) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, does not press charges.
(c) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, admits he did not see them.
(d) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, demands to see their parents.

9. What prison sentence was given to Jimmie Lee?
(a) twenty years without parole
(b) life in prison
(c) the electric chair
(d) the maximum term of thirty years

10. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?
(a) because of his love for children
(b) because he only uses boys from other projects
(c) because they are too young
(d) because the Horner boys are too undernourished

11. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?
(a) downtown Chicago
(b) to the school year
(c) up to Canada
(d) to the railroad tracks

12. What is the last word Pharoah is given to spell?
(a) endearing
(b) endurance
(c) indoctrinate
(d) endeavor

13. Why do Lafeyette and Rickey refuse to take Pharoah back to the railroad tracks?
(a) more rumors spread about the dangers in the area
(b) they think they are too old to play there anymore
(c) they think Pharoah is too young to hang out with
(d) they have lost their interest in finding snakes

14. What is Bird Leg's obsession?
(a) guns
(b) dogs
(c) trains
(d) basketball

15. Who is the one person with whom Pharoah is comfortable?
(a) his cousin Porkchop
(b) his brother Lafeyette
(c) his mother LaJoe
(d) the triplets

Short Answer Questions

1. What accusation is brought against LaJoe?

2. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?

3. Why does Lafeyette not want to play basketball with the project boys?

4. What is Dawn, Porkchop's sister, about to do?

5. When does Pharoah realize something is wrong?

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