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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 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) hit and run
(c) smash and grabs
(d) break and take

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

3. Who is the son LaJoe is closest to but who disappoints her the most?
(a) Terrence
(b) Lafeyette
(c) Pharoah
(d) Paul

4. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?
(a) Bird Leg's death
(b) the pressure to join a gang
(c) school homework
(d) the boy who lost his legs

5. Why do the police take the boys close to their home and drop them off with a stern warning?
(a) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, demands to see their parents.
(b) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, admits he did not see them.
(c) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, pays for the videos.
(d) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, does not press charges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Clarise?

2. What has caused Pharoah to faint?

3. What makes Pharoah feel uncomfortable on Chicago Avenue?

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

5. What captivates Pharoah at Erol's Video Club?

(see the answer key)

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