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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) the key to his foot locker
(c) a promise he will not come home
(d) the name of his gang leader

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

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

4. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?
(a) They did not like the dead boy.
(b) They are still raw from Bird Leg's funeral.
(c) They had nothing good to wear.
(d) They had made plans to go to the tracks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does LaJoe send the boys to stay with her mother a few miles west?

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. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?

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

(see the answer key)

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