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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1989, Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What prison sentence was given to Jimmie Lee?
(a) twenty years without parole
(b) life in prison
(c) the electric chair
(d) the maximum term of thirty years

3. What captivates Pharoah at Erol's Video Club?
(a) the Wrestle Mania movies
(b) the video machines
(c) the space movies
(d) the cartoons

4. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?
(a) because the Horner boys are too undernourished
(b) because they are too young
(c) because of his love for children
(d) because he only uses boys from other projects

5. What is Pharoah entered in at school?
(a) an accelerated learning class
(b) a mathematics contest
(c) his class spelling bee
(d) a new PE class

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pharoah worry about as he prepares for the contest?

2. Why did the vacancy rate at Horner increase?

3. What bad dream does Pharoah have after the sentencing of his older brother?

4. What occurs with LaShawn and her two children, boyfriend, and boyfriend's brother ?

5. What is the last word Pharoah is given to spell?

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