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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 LaJoe's childhood friend?
(a) LaBelle
(b) Lila Mae
(c) Rochelle
(d) Raquel

2. How does James say they will all die?
(a) old age
(b) in a car wreck
(c) by killing or plain out
(d) cancer

3. How do Lafeyette and Pharoah refer to the escalating gang wars and gun battles?
(a) as the excitement
(b) as the boom box
(c) as the death train
(d) as the war zone

4. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?
(a) trash bins behind a Kentucky Fried Chicken
(b) pet food he shoplifts
(c) left overs at home
(d) dead rats in the project

5. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?
(a) up to Canada
(b) to the railroad tracks
(c) to the school year
(d) downtown Chicago

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does LaJoe send the boys to stay with her mother a few miles west?

2. What are two main threats to the safety of Lafeyette and Pharoah at the Henry Horner Homes?

3. Why do the boys hurry home from the tracks as the sun goes down?

4. What is keeping Pharoah out of school?

5. What is going on when Pharoah and the triplets come home from school three days after Lafeyette's birthday?

(see the answer key)

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