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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 old was LaJoe when she first came to the Henry Horner Projects?
(a) four
(b) twenty
(c) ten
(d) sixteen

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

3. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?
(a) She became a prostitute.
(b) She got pregnant and ran away.
(c) She got bone cancer and died.
(d) She was murdered.

4. What is Bird Leg dressed in at his funeral?
(a) jeans and T-shirt
(b) his basketball uniform
(c) a new suit
(d) a white jogging suit

5. Why does LaJoe send the boys to stay with her mother a few miles west?
(a) to help her mother
(b) for their safety
(c) to lower her food bill
(d) to let her oldest daughter return home

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lafeyette and Pharoah refer to the escalating gang wars and gun battles?

2. Who is the one person with whom Pharoah is comfortable?

3. What evidence is there that Pharoah is comfortable in a classroom?

4. What is keeping Pharoah out of school?

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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