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

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

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

4. 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) Everyone will think he forged the diploma.
(b) There will only be poor jobs available for blacks.
(c) His brother in prison will alarm people.
(d) Dawn has been unable to escape.

5. Who owns the luxury home with a marble staircase, sunken tub and Jacuzzi?
(a) a family of drug runners
(b) the Chicago Mafia
(c) Mayor Daly
(d) the Playboy Club

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do Lafeyette, Pharoah and their friends do at Chicago Blackhawk and Bulls games?

(see the answer key)

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