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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fall 1987 - Spring 1988, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the son LaJoe is closest to but who disappoints her the most?
(a) Terrence
(b) Lafeyette
(c) Paul
(d) Pharoah

3. 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

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

5. What becomes stressful to LaJoe to the point of sleepless nights and severe headaches?
(a) drug abuse
(b) Pharoah's running away
(c) too many gun battles
(d) so many people in the house

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Bird Leg killed?

2. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?

3. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?

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

5. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?

(see the answer key)

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