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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fall 1988-Winter 1989, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?
(a) to the railroad tracks
(b) downtown Chicago
(c) to the school year
(d) up to Canada

2. What is the last word Pharoah is given to spell?
(a) endearing
(b) endeavor
(c) indoctrinate
(d) endurance

3. Who is LaJoe's one hope of having a child graduate from high school and go on to college?
(a) Pharoah
(b) Lafeyette
(c) Rochelle
(d) Terrance

4. Who did LaJoe meet at a dance hall when she was only thirteen, pretending to be sixteen?
(a) Rickey
(b) Jimmie Lee
(c) Paul
(d) Terrance

5. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?
(a) his homework
(b) a crowbar
(c) two goldfish
(d) a dead cat

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?

2. What is Pharoah entered in at school?

3. Who is the son LaJoe is closest to but who disappoints her the most?

4. Why do the police take the boys close to their home and drop them off with a stern warning?

5. What is it called when the gang members break a side window of a car at a stoplight and grab a purse or briefcase on the seat?

(see the answer key)

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