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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. With everyone moved back into the apartment, how many does LaJoe now have to feed?
(a) four adults and six children
(b) thirteen adults and children
(c) three adults and thirteen children
(d) two adults and twelve children

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

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

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

5. Who is the son LaJoe is closest to but who disappoints her the most?
(a) Pharoah
(b) Lafeyette
(c) Terrence
(d) Paul

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Pharoah work on his stutter?

3. What is Bird Leg dressed in at his funeral?

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

5. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?

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