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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. How does Pharoah work on his stutter?
(a) using hand motions
(b) talking very softly
(c) tongue twisters
(d) saying the words and letters slowly

2. What event caused riots in the area around the Blackhawk stadium?
(a) the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) the death of Robert Kennedy
(c) the Kent State shootings
(d) the Chicago riots at the Democratic convention

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

4. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?
(a) to the railroad tracks
(b) to the school year
(c) up to Canada
(d) downtown Chicago

5. What does the racist policeman say to Lafeyette at the stadium?
(a) The white people don't have money to give to niggers.
(b) You black kids are all pushing dope.
(c) There's no room for black trash here.
(d) Black kids all belong to gangs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Urica live after her mother and sister were murdered?

2. How does Lafeyette cope with his stress?

3. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?

4. What does the young man do with Lafeyette?

5. What captivates Pharoah at Erol's Video Club?

(see the answer key)

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