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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. Why does Pharoah love school?
(a) It is his chance to get out of the projects.
(b) It is a safe place where he can excel without fear.
(c) He likes to be with the girls.
(d) He gets a free breakfast at school.

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

3. What is going on when Pharoah and the triplets come home from school three days after Lafeyette's birthday?
(a) painting the apartment
(b) a gun battle
(c) a family reunion
(d) a surprise party

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

5. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?
(a) to the school year
(b) to the railroad tracks
(c) downtown Chicago
(d) up to Canada

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did LaJoe meet at a dance hall when she was only thirteen, pretending to be sixteen?

3. Why does LaJoe send the boys to stay with her mother a few miles west?

4. What are two main threats to the safety of Lafeyette and Pharoah at the Henry Horner Homes?

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

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