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

2. What has caused Pharoah to faint?
(a) deeing Bird Leg get shot
(b) snakes at the tracks
(c) getting too hot
(d) the sounds of gunfire

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

4. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?
(a) Snuggles
(b) Rags
(c) Rabbit
(d) Teddy Bear

5. What gives Pharoah a headache at the jail?
(a) the clanging of doors
(b) a couple arguing
(c) the guard's whistle
(d) a siren

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?

2. Who is LaJoe's childhood friend?

3. Who is Jimmie Lee?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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