View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1988, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Pharoah work on his stutter?
(a) saying the words and letters slowly
(b) using hand motions
(c) talking very softly
(d) tongue twisters

3. What occurs with LaShawn and her two children, boyfriend, and boyfriend's brother ?
(a) They steal LaJoe's food stamps.
(b) They are all killed in a gang war.
(c) They help LaJoe move out of Horner.
(d) They all move into the Rivers' apartment.

4. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?
(a) Bird Leg's death
(b) the pressure to join a gang
(c) the boy who lost his legs
(d) school homework

5. How does James say they will all die?
(a) old age
(b) cancer
(c) by killing or plain out
(d) in a car wreck

Short Answer Questions

1. What accusation is brought against LaJoe?

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

3. What solidifies the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?

4. Where do the larger boys play when they visit the railway tracks?

5. Where does Bird Leg get his pets?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 257 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample