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

2. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?
(a) school homework
(b) Bird Leg's death
(c) the boy who lost his legs
(d) the pressure to join a gang

3. Why do the boys hurry home from the tracks as the sun goes down?
(a) they might get lost
(b) a train is coming
(c) the area is too dangerous at night
(d) their parents will be worried

4. What do the boys use to hunt for garter snakes?
(a) railroad spikes
(b) spades
(c) a cat
(d) a crowbar

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Bird Leg killed?

2. What impediment gets worse in Pharoah after all the summer violence?

3. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?

4. Where does Bird Leg get his pets?

5. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?

(see the answer key)

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