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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. How does LaJoe see to it that the children have a good Christmas?
(a) by using her benefit money
(b) by putting gifts on layaway for months
(c) by playing cards to win money at night
(d) by borrowing money from her mother

2. Why does Vince Lane not start right away to clean up the basements?
(a) He doesn't see it as a major problem.
(b) He needs federal government approval.
(c) There isn't enough funding available.
(d) The gangs issue death threats.

3. Who buys Pharoah a hot dog at the Boys Club?
(a) Rickey
(b) Lafeyette
(c) LaJoe
(d) Terrance

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

5. What had happened to Urica after her mother, her four-year-old sister, and her mother's boyfriend were killed?
(a) She was stabbed forty-eight times but miraculously survived
(b) She was taken to LaJoe to care for her.
(c) She went into shock and could not speak.
(d) She had hid under a box and the killers did not see her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lafeyette dress for Craig's funeral?

2. What captivates Pharoah at Erol's Video Club?

3. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?

4. What does Pharoah put on and spend thirty minutes grooming himself before the party?

5. What does the racist policeman say to Lafeyette at the stadium?

(see the answer key)

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