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

2. Why does Lafeyette not want to play basketball with the project boys?
(a) They might try to recruit him into a gang.
(b) They play too rough.
(c) They are all older than he is.
(d) They cheat.

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

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

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. Who is the teacher Lafeyette likes a great deal?

2. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?

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

4. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?

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

(see the answer key)

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