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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. Who is the one person with whom Pharoah is comfortable?
(a) his brother Lafeyette
(b) his mother LaJoe
(c) the triplets
(d) his cousin Porkchop

2. What type of person is Rickey?
(a) a bookworm like Pharoah
(b) a bully and troublemaker in school
(c) a small, frightened boy
(d) a kind boy everyoe likes

3. What is Bird Leg's obsession?
(a) basketball
(b) dogs
(c) trains
(d) guns

4. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?
(a) Snuggles
(b) Rags
(c) Rabbit
(d) Teddy Bear

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

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. What does Lafeyette hear someone was doing when he got his legs run over by a train?

4. How is Bird Leg killed?

5. What occurs with LaShawn and her two children, boyfriend, and boyfriend's brother ?

(see the answer key)

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