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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fall 1987 - Spring 1988, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the larger boys play when they visit the railway tracks?
(a) on the tracks
(b) under a box car
(c) in the tall weeds
(d) in an empty box car

2. 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 he only uses boys from other projects
(c) because of his love for children
(d) because they are too young

3. What do the children call the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) Hornets, the projects, or the 'jects
(b) the hole or the box
(c) the jail or the dump
(d) the battleground

4. What evidence is there that Pharoah is comfortable in a classroom?
(a) He sits on the front row.
(b) He has no trouble breathing.
(c) He makes everyone laugh.
(d) He stutters less.

5. What is keeping Pharoah out of school?
(a) fear of gang members
(b) a teacher's strike that lingers for weeks
(c) nothing to wear
(d) a serious case of measels

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bird Leg dressed in at his funeral?

2. Who is LaJoe's childhood friend?

3. What does Lafeyette hear someone was doing when he got his legs run over by a train?

4. How is Bird Leg killed?

5. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?

(see the answer key)

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