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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pharoah's stutter much less noticeable?
(a) because of the quiet after Jimmie Lee's conviction
(b) because he seldom speaks anymore
(c) because he feels safe with Terrance at home
(d) because he is outgrowing it

2. What has caused Pharoah to faint?
(a) snakes at the tracks
(b) deeing Bird Leg get shot
(c) the sounds of gunfire
(d) getting too hot

3. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?
(a) They are still raw from Bird Leg's funeral.
(b) They had made plans to go to the tracks.
(c) They had nothing good to wear.
(d) They did not like the dead boy.

4. What evidence is there that Pharoah is comfortable in a classroom?
(a) He makes everyone laugh.
(b) He stutters less.
(c) He sits on the front row.
(d) He has no trouble breathing.

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

6. 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?
(a) break and take
(b) smash and grabs
(c) hit and run
(d) break and run

7. 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, demands to see their parents.
(b) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, does not press charges.
(c) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, admits he did not see them.
(d) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, pays for the videos.

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

9. Who is the only one LaJoe tells about the situation with the welfare board?
(a) Terrance
(b) Rochelle
(c) Paul
(d) LaFeyette

10. Why do the boys hurry home from the tracks as the sun goes down?
(a) they might get lost
(b) their parents will be worried
(c) a train is coming
(d) the area is too dangerous at night

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

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

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

14. Who wants to know if Pharoah's cousin Dede will go out with him?
(a) James Howard
(b) Calvin
(c) Jimmie Lee
(d) Rickey

15. What is keeping Pharoah out of school?
(a) fear of gang members
(b) nothing to wear
(c) a teacher's strike that lingers for weeks
(d) a serious case of measels

Short Answer Questions

1. How many inmates was the Cook County jail built to house?

2. How old was LaJoe when she first came to the Henry Horner Projects?

3. What occurs with LaShawn and her two children, boyfriend, and boyfriend's brother ?

4. How does Pharoah think of the lush, grassy lawn around the condominium complex called Damen Courts?

5. What gives Pharoah a headache at the jail?

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