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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Lafeyette's attitude toward Rickey changed?
(a) He decides to threaten Rickey.
(b) He is more suspicious of him than ever.
(c) He never thinks of him any more.
(d) He comes to accept him as Pharoah's friend.

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

3. When does Pharoah realize something is wrong?
(a) when LaJoe doesn't come home with groceries as usual
(b) when they start eating a lot of peanut butter sandwiches
(c) when the electricity is shut off
(d) when Lafeyette starts talking about joining a gang

4. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?
(a) the boy who lost his legs
(b) Bird Leg's death
(c) the pressure to join a gang
(d) school homework

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Pharoah entered in at school?

4. How does James say they will all die?

5. What did a friend do for the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why LaJoe believes Terrence is innocent when she visits him in Cook County Jail.

2. How do the boys sometimes make money?

3. Explain what happens to Bird Leg.

4. Explain why Lafeyette becomes introverted after the death of Bird Leg.

5. Describe Lafeyette's academic qualities.

6. Describe how the eight-year-old Urica testifies at a murder trial.

7. What is the accusation the local welfare office caseworkers bring against LaJoe?

8. How is the character of Pharoah developed in the story by how he cannot lie to LaJoe?

9. Explain the friendship between Pharoah and Rickey.

10. Describe the severity of Pharoah's speech impediment.

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