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

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

3. What do the children call the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) the battleground
(b) Hornets, the projects, or the 'jects
(c) the hole or the box
(d) the jail or the dump

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bird Leg's cousin, Rickey, is full of rage. Why?

3. Where does Bird Leg get his pets?

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

5. How is Bird Leg killed?

(see the answer key)

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