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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1988, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is LaJoe's childhood friend?
(a) Raquel
(b) LaBelle
(c) Lila Mae
(d) Rochelle

2. What is keeping Pharoah out of school?
(a) fear of gang members
(b) a serious case of measels
(c) a teacher's strike that lingers for weeks
(d) nothing to wear

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

4. Where does Urica live after her mother and sister were murdered?
(a) in another housing project
(b) in a white foster home
(c) two flights up with her grandmother
(d) in an orphanage

5. What is Bird Leg dressed in at his funeral?
(a) a white jogging suit
(b) jeans and T-shirt
(c) a new suit
(d) his basketball uniform

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bird Leg's obsession?

2. Why does Pharoah love school?

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

4. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?

5. What gives Pharoah a headache at the jail?

(see the answer key)

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