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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. Who is the newly appointed housing manager of Horner Homes?
(a) Gwen Anderson
(b) LaJoe Rivers
(c) John Daly
(d) Mr. Rogers

2. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?
(a) Her benefits are cut off.
(b) She is taken to jail.
(c) Her children are removed.
(d) She is taken to the hospital.

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

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

5. What do Lafeyette, Pharoah and their friends do at Chicago Blackhawk and Bulls games?
(a) collect empty drink cans to recycle
(b) help park cars
(c) wash cars while attendees watch the games
(d) offer to protect parked cars for game attendees

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why can LaJoe not defend herself well against the accusations?

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

4. Who owns the luxury home with a marble staircase, sunken tub and Jacuzzi?

5. How have the stadium's owners, the Wirz family, changed the character of the neighborhood?

(see the answer key)

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