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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Jimmie Lee?
(a) a drug addict who terrorizes the children at Henry Horner projects.
(b) a rock and roll singer who grew up in the Henry Horner Homes
(c) head of a drug gang called the Conservative Vice Lords whose members control Henry Horner
(d) a policeman who really wants to do something for the project children

3. How old was LaJoe when she first came to the Henry Horner Projects?
(a) twenty
(b) ten
(c) four
(d) sixteen

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

5. What is going on when Pharoah and the triplets come home from school three days after Lafeyette's birthday?
(a) a gun battle
(b) a surprise party
(c) a family reunion
(d) painting the apartment

6. Where does Bird Leg get his pets?
(a) back yards of Hispanic and white neighborhoods
(b) at a pet store
(c) along the railroad tracks
(d) as gifts from friends

7. What makes Pharoah feel uncomfortable on Chicago Avenue?
(a) The traffic scares him when they cross the street.
(b) Too many policemen are walking around.
(c) The boys talk about shoplifting.
(d) People look at them as dirty Horner boys.

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

9. What are two main threats to the safety of Lafeyette and Pharoah at the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) gun battles and gang influences
(b) rats and snakes
(c) trains and busses
(d) food and education

10. Where does Pharoah go with Lafeyette and Rickey and some other friends?
(a) window shopping at discount stores on Chicago Avenue
(b) to visit Bird Leg's grave
(c) the the top of Horner Homes
(d) to the museum of modern art

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

12. Bird Leg's cousin, Rickey, is full of rage. Why?
(a) He cannot get into the gang.
(b) He is always getting beat up.
(c) He witnessed Bird Leg's death.
(d) He is abused by a teacher.

13. What do the children call the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) the jail or the dump
(b) Hornets, the projects, or the 'jects
(c) the hole or the box
(d) the battleground

14. What type of person is Rickey?
(a) a bully and troublemaker in school
(b) a kind boy everyoe likes
(c) a bookworm like Pharoah
(d) a small, frightened boy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What solidifies the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?

2. What does Terrance claim loudly?

3. What does the young man do with Lafeyette?

4. Who is LaJoe's one hope of having a child graduate from high school and go on to college?

5. What does Pharoah worry about as he prepares for the contest?

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