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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. Why will Pharaoh not wear his nylon jacket with the Blackhawk logo?
(a) Several boys have been murdered for their jackets.
(b) It is old and faded.
(c) The logo is almost falling off.
(d) It has a big hole in it.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pharoah warn his friends about in the basement?

3. Why did the vacancy rate at Horner increase?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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