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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 impediment gets worse in Pharoah after all the summer violence?
(a) his limp
(b) his nightmares
(c) his stutter
(d) his lisp

2. 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.

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

4. What evidence is there that Pharoah is comfortable in a classroom?
(a) He stutters less.
(b) He sits on the front row.
(c) He makes everyone laugh.
(d) He has no trouble breathing.

5. What does Terrance claim loudly?
(a) that the food is terrible
(b) that he is innocent of the crime
(c) that he will break out
(d) that the guards beat him

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Pharoah a headache at the jail?

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

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

4. How many inmates was the Cook County jail built to house?

5. Where do LaJoe, Lafeyette, Pharoah and the triplets go to visit Terrence?

(see the answer key)

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