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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring 1989, Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lafeyette develop a terrible cough?
(a) Because the policeman threw him in a puddle.
(b) The open windows let in a cold winter draft.
(c) He catches it from Rickey.
(d) He stays out all night in the winter.

2. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?
(a) She got pregnant and ran away.
(b) She became a prostitute.
(c) She got bone cancer and died.
(d) She was murdered.

3. What happens to Pharoah on his last word?
(a) He spells the first four letters and then his throat closes up.
(b) He suddenly needs to go to the bathroom.
(c) He gets one of his severe headaches.
(d) He starts to stutter so bad that the judges cannot understand him.

4. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?
(a) dead rats in the project
(b) left overs at home
(c) trash bins behind a Kentucky Fried Chicken
(d) pet food he shoplifts

5. How do Lafeyette and Pharoah refer to the escalating gang wars and gun battles?
(a) as the death train
(b) as the boom box
(c) as the excitement
(d) as the war zone

Short Answer Questions

1. What is keeping Pharoah out of school?

2. What is it called when the gang members break a side window of a car at a stoplight and grab a purse or briefcase on the seat?

3. What does the teacher, Mr. Rogers, promise the class if either Clarise or Pharoah wins the spelling bee?

4. What prison sentence was given to Jimmie Lee?

5. After placing second behind Clarise, what really makes Pharoah happy?

(see the answer key)

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