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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring 1989, Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lafeyette fantasize about having in the future?
(a) a gun to shoot gang members
(b) a white, wood-framed house
(c) a job so his mother doesn't have to worry
(d) a Cadillac

2. Why did the vacancy rate at Horner increase?
(a) old people kept dying off
(b) a typhoid outbreak
(c) rumors of planned gentrification
(d) an increase in the number of murders

3. What accusation is brought against LaJoe?
(a) gambling
(b) child abuse
(c) welfare fraud
(d) drug dealing

4. What event caused riots in the area around the Blackhawk stadium?
(a) the death of Robert Kennedy
(b) the Chicago riots at the Democratic convention
(c) the Kent State shootings
(d) the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Gwen Anderson to vomit in the basement?

2. Why is Pharoah worried that even if he achieves a high school diploma, he will not be able to get out of the projects?

3. Who is the only one LaJoe tells about the situation with the welfare board?

4. What does the racist policeman say to Lafeyette at the stadium?

5. Why will Pharaoh not wear his nylon jacket with the Blackhawk logo?

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