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

2. How old was LaJoe when she first came to the Henry Horner Projects?
(a) ten
(b) four
(c) sixteen
(d) twenty

3. How many inmates was the Cook County jail built to house?
(a) seven thousand
(b) twelve hundred
(c) three thousand
(d) seven hundred

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

5. What gives Pharoah a headache at the jail?
(a) the guard's whistle
(b) a couple arguing
(c) a siren
(d) the clanging of doors

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?

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

3. How does Pharoah think of the lush, grassy lawn around the condominium complex called Damen Courts?

4. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?

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

(see the answer key)

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