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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does LaJoe hope that Dawn is successful?
(a) so Pharoah can do even better than Dawn
(b) so her children can see the benefits of a diploma
(c) so she won't come begging for help
(d) so she can reform Terrance

2. How does James say they will all die?
(a) cancer
(b) by killing or plain out
(c) old age
(d) in a car wreck

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

4. What accusation is brought against LaJoe?
(a) child abuse
(b) gambling
(c) welfare fraud
(d) drug dealing

5. Why does LaJoe send the boys to stay with her mother a few miles west?
(a) to lower her food bill
(b) to help her mother
(c) to let her oldest daughter return home
(d) for their safety

6. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?
(a) Snuggles
(b) Rabbit
(c) Teddy Bear
(d) Rags

7. Why do Lafeyette and Rickey refuse to take Pharoah back to the railroad tracks?
(a) they think they are too old to play there anymore
(b) more rumors spread about the dangers in the area
(c) they think Pharoah is too young to hang out with
(d) they have lost their interest in finding snakes

8. Where do LaJoe, Lafeyette, Pharoah and the triplets go to visit Terrence?
(a) the Cook County Jail
(b) the hospital
(c) MacDonald's
(d) the university

9. What do the boys use to hunt for garter snakes?
(a) a crowbar
(b) spades
(c) railroad spikes
(d) a cat

10. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?
(a) a crowbar
(b) a dead cat
(c) two goldfish
(d) his homework

11. Why do the police take the boys close to their home and drop them off with a stern warning?
(a) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, pays for the videos.
(b) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, admits he did not see them.
(c) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, demands to see their parents.
(d) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, does not press charges.

12. Who did LaJoe meet at a dance hall when she was only thirteen, pretending to be sixteen?
(a) Jimmie Lee
(b) Rickey
(c) Paul
(d) Terrance

13. What is the last word Pharoah is given to spell?
(a) indoctrinate
(b) endearing
(c) endurance
(d) endeavor

14. What does Terrance claim loudly?
(a) that he is innocent of the crime
(b) that the food is terrible
(c) that he will break out
(d) that the guards beat him

15. What is Bird Leg dressed in at his funeral?
(a) jeans and T-shirt
(b) a white jogging suit
(c) a new suit
(d) his basketball uniform

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to know if Pharoah's cousin Dede will go out with him?

2. How has Lafeyette's attitude toward Rickey changed?

3. With everyone moved back into the apartment, how many does LaJoe now have to feed?

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

5. What is the name of the young man who entertains outside of Horner Homes?

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