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

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

3. What has caused Pharoah to faint?
(a) the sounds of gunfire
(b) snakes at the tracks
(c) getting too hot
(d) deeing Bird Leg get shot

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

5. What are two main threats to the safety of Lafeyette and Pharoah at the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) food and education
(b) gun battles and gang influences
(c) trains and busses
(d) rats and snakes

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys use to hunt for garter snakes?

2. How does James say they will all die?

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

4. What do the children call the Henry Horner Homes?

5. Who is Jimmie Lee?

(see the answer key)

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