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

2. What does Lafeyette hear someone was doing when he got his legs run over by a train?
(a) sleeping
(b) hopping a moving box car
(c) walking on the railroad ties
(d) hunting for snakes

3. When Rickey and Lafeyette shoplift, what are they unaware of?
(a) a manager pretending to be a customer
(b) a policeman standing at the front door
(c) an alarm system when someone takes without paying
(d) a security camera in the back room

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

5. At the Boys Club program, what is the response to the question, "Don't you live your country?"
(a) The applause is deafening and Pharoah gets a headache.
(b) The crowd roars "no", drowning out Pharoah's quiet "yes."
(c) Everyone stands and puts their hands over their hearts.
(d) There is dead silence in the stands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?

2. What occurs with LaShawn and her two children, boyfriend, and boyfriend's brother ?

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

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

5. Who is the one person with whom Pharoah is comfortable?

(see the answer key)

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