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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fall 1987 - Spring 1988, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jimmie Lee?
(a) a rock and roll singer who grew up in the Henry Horner Homes
(b) a policeman who really wants to do something for the project children
(c) head of a drug gang called the Conservative Vice Lords whose members control Henry Horner
(d) a drug addict who terrorizes the children at Henry Horner projects.

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

3. How old was LaJoe when she first came to the Henry Horner Projects?
(a) ten
(b) sixteen
(c) four
(d) twenty

4. Why does Pharoah love school?
(a) It is his chance to get out of the projects.
(b) It is a safe place where he can excel without fear.
(c) He likes to be with the girls.
(d) He gets a free breakfast at school.

5. Why does LaJoe send the boys to stay with her mother a few miles west?
(a) to let her oldest daughter return home
(b) for their safety
(c) to lower her food bill
(d) to help her mother

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?

3. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?

4. What has caused Pharoah to faint?

5. What becomes stressful to LaJoe to the point of sleepless nights and severe headaches?

(see the answer key)

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