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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lafeyette dislike his public defender?

2. What is clear about the judge in Lafeyette's hearing at Juvenile Detention?

3. Where do Lafeyette and Pharoah get accepted?

4. Who is the newly appointed housing manager of Horner Homes?

5. During the party, what does Dawn come running in to warn about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conflict between Lafeyette and Paul over the puppy Rickey gave him.

2. What is the special fear of Pharoah?

3. Who is Vince Lane and what does he hope to accomplish?

4. Why do LaJoe and Lafeyette back off from trying to stop the beating of a man by some Horner gang members?

5. Describe Lafeyette's frame of mind at Craig's funeral.

6. Why does LaJoe's mother move out and how do the boys feel about her moving?

7. Describe Lafeyette's brush with the law that gets him arrested.

8. What are the projects like in the winter?

9. What improvements are made to the apartment in the summer of 1989?

10. Why does Terrence agree to participate in an armed robbery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beginning with the positive influence Diana Barone had on Pharoah, write an essay about a particular teacher who inspired and influenced you. Be specific about things that teacher said and did which inspired you to be better at something. Maybe it was not scholastic excellence but some other aspect of your life the teacher impacted.

Essay Topic 2

When faced with the prospect of going to prison for a crime he did not commit, Terrence participated in an armed robbery with the attitude that he might as well commit the crime he had been accused of. Write a paper on the possibility of false imprisonment in the judicial system. Explain why it is possible and what makes it seem to happen so often.

Essay Topic 3

Now that you have read the book, THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE, write a paper about what you now know about the lives of people living in poverty. Why is the gang culture so prevalent in slum areas and ghettos? Discuss whether your attitudes have been altered about people living in poverty.

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