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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. What does the racist policeman say to Lafeyette at the stadium?
(a) The white people don't have money to give to niggers.
(b) Black kids all belong to gangs.
(c) There's no room for black trash here.
(d) You black kids are all pushing dope.

2. When does Lafeyette lose another friend who dies in a car accident during a police chase?
(a) two days after Craig's funeral
(b) the same day Craig is shot
(c) a week after Craig's funeral
(d) a month later that same spring

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

4. Where does Urica live after her mother and sister were murdered?
(a) in another housing project
(b) two flights up with her grandmother
(c) in an orphanage
(d) in a white foster home

5. What is LaJoe able at last to make?
(a) a party for Dawn
(b) a chocolate cake
(c) the last payment on used bunk beds for the children
(d) macrame wall decorations

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lafeyette, Pharoah and their friends do at Chicago Blackhawk and Bulls games?

2. What is happening outside when Lafeyette doesn't move off the couch and continues to calmly watch television?

3. Why do LaJoe and Rochelle decorate the apartment?

4. What does LaJoe pin on her sweatshirt and wear for the rest of the day?

5. Who did LaJoe meet at a dance hall when she was only thirteen, pretending to be sixteen?

(see the answer key)

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