2. What causes one boy in Rickey's gang to get shot accidentally in the arm?
(a) They are playing Russian roulette.
(b) They are high on marijuana.
(c) Rickey stumbles and the gun goes off accidentally.
(d) They think the gun is not loaded.

3. Why is Pharoah worried that even if he achieves a high school diploma, he will not be able to get out of the projects?
(a) Dawn has been unable to escape.
(b) There will only be poor jobs available for blacks.
(c) Everyone will think he forged the diploma.
(d) His brother in prison will alarm people.

4. How does Lafeyette dress for Craig's funeral?
(a) in a deejay outfit
(b) in new jeans and a sweater
(c) in one of Terrence's suits
(d) in his only clean clothes

5. What is Lafeyette beginning to look like at the age of thriteen?
(a) like an old man
(b) like his father
(c) like a wild animal
(d) like a ghost

6. What is it that Vince Lane does not know until the Horner residents inform him?
(a) the heat in the winter
(b) the condition of the basement
(c) the dangerous electrical wiring
(d) the number of murders

7. What incriminating thing had Derrick said to the truck owner at the stadium?
(a) that the truck would be stolen if he didn't watch it
(b) that a gang would come and and destroy the truck
(c) that he would hate for anything to happen to his truck
(d) that the man would be sorry he turned him down

8. What does Pharoah think is at the end of the rainbow?
(a) a new place to live
(b) gold or leprechauns
(c) a wonderland
(d) a doorway to the future

9. How is Craig killed?
(a) a gunshot to the head
(b) run over by a train
(c) an automobile crash
(d) a gangland execution

10. What does Pharoah warn his friends about in the basement?
(a) human-headed cats
(b) poisonous snakes
(c) evil spirits
(d) vampire bats

11. Why does Vince Lane not start right away to clean up the basements?
(a) There isn't enough funding available.
(b) He needs federal government approval.
(c) He doesn't see it as a major problem.
(d) The gangs issue death threats.

12. What does Pharoah see that makes him stutter again?
(a) a police car
(b) a rainbow
(c) a murder
(d) an elephant

13. How does Lafeyette cope with his stress?
(a) bullying his siblings
(b) fighting
(c) sitting on the railroad tracks
(d) cleaning

14. When LaJoe tells Weasel, her oldest son, what the man did to her, what does Weasel do?
(a) He calls the police.
(b) He gets his gang to beat up Keith.
(c) He takes a gun and shoots Keith.
(d) He finds Keith and beats him up.

15. Why does LaJoe want to try and move away from Horner?
(a) so the police cannot find Lafeyette
(b) so that the children can go to a better school
(c) so that she can find a job
(d) so Terrence won't have to return to Horner