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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. What do Lafeyette and Pharoah want from Terrence?
(a) him to come home
(b) a promise he will not come home
(c) the key to his foot locker
(d) the name of his gang leader

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

3. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?
(a) She became a prostitute.
(b) She got pregnant and ran away.
(c) She was murdered.
(d) She got bone cancer and died.

4. What occurs with LaShawn and her two children, boyfriend, and boyfriend's brother ?
(a) They help LaJoe move out of Horner.
(b) They all move into the Rivers' apartment.
(c) They are all killed in a gang war.
(d) They steal LaJoe's food stamps.

5. Who is LaJoe's childhood friend?
(a) Raquel
(b) Lila Mae
(c) LaBelle
(d) Rochelle

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?

2. How do Lafeyette and Pharoah refer to the escalating gang wars and gun battles?

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

4. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?

5. What is keeping Pharoah out of school?

(see the answer key)

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