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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1989, Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lafeyette hear someone was doing when he got his legs run over by a train?
(a) walking on the railroad ties
(b) hunting for snakes
(c) sleeping
(d) hopping a moving box car

2. When does Pharoah realize something is wrong?
(a) when the electricity is shut off
(b) when LaJoe doesn't come home with groceries as usual
(c) when they start eating a lot of peanut butter sandwiches
(d) when Lafeyette starts talking about joining a gang

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

4. What is Bird Leg's obsession?
(a) trains
(b) basketball
(c) guns
(d) dogs

5. After Urica's testimony, how long does it take the jury to find Lawrence Jackson guilty of murder?
(a) one hour
(b) one day
(c) one week
(d) one afternoon

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the projects stifling hot?

2. Who is LaJoe's childhood friend?

3. When LaJoe tells Weasel, her oldest son, what the man did to her, what does Weasel do?

4. Why does Lafeyette not want to play basketball with the project boys?

5. Who is the only one LaJoe tells about the situation with the welfare board?

(see the answer key)

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