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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can LaJoe not defend herself well against the accusations?
(a) She has no education.
(b) She is too timid.
(c) She is guilty.
(d) She has no transportation to the hearing.

2. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?
(a) Her benefits are cut off.
(b) Her children are removed.
(c) She is taken to the hospital.
(d) She is taken to jail.

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

4. Who did LaJoe meet at a dance hall when she was only thirteen, pretending to be sixteen?
(a) Terrance
(b) Paul
(c) Rickey
(d) Jimmie Lee

5. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?
(a) They had made plans to go to the tracks.
(b) They had nothing good to wear.
(c) They are still raw from Bird Leg's funeral.
(d) They did not like the dead boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lafeyette fantasize about having in the future?

2. What is the last word Pharoah is given to spell?

3. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?

4. Who is LaJoe's one hope of having a child graduate from high school and go on to college?

5. Why do the boys hurry home from the tracks as the sun goes down?

(see the answer key)

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