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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. What makes Pharoah feel uncomfortable on Chicago Avenue?
(a) The traffic scares him when they cross the street.
(b) People look at them as dirty Horner boys.
(c) The boys talk about shoplifting.
(d) Too many policemen are walking around.

2. 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?
(a) break and run
(b) break and take
(c) smash and grabs
(d) hit and run

3. How does Pharoah work on his stutter?
(a) saying the words and letters slowly
(b) tongue twisters
(c) talking very softly
(d) using hand motions

4. Who is Clarise?
(a) the smartest girl in Pharoah's class
(b) Rickey's bad sister
(c) LaJoe's cousin
(d) Pharoah's new girlfriend

5. What is Pharoah entered in at school?
(a) an accelerated learning class
(b) a mathematics contest
(c) a new PE class
(d) his class spelling bee

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is LaJoe's one hope of having a child graduate from high school and go on to college?

2. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?

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

4. What impediment gets worse in Pharoah after all the summer violence?

5. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?

(see the answer key)

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