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

3. How many inmates was the Cook County jail built to house?
(a) seven hundred
(b) seven thousand
(c) twelve hundred
(d) three thousand

4. Why will Pharaoh not wear his nylon jacket with the Blackhawk logo?
(a) It is old and faded.
(b) It has a big hole in it.
(c) The logo is almost falling off.
(d) Several boys have been murdered for their jackets.

5. How have the stadium's owners, the Wirz family, changed the character of the neighborhood?
(a) by bulldozing homes for parking lots
(b) by helping homeowners paint their houses
(c) by planting trees and flowers in the neighborhood
(d) by putting up youth facilities

6. Where does Urica live after her mother and sister were murdered?
(a) in an orphanage
(b) in another housing project
(c) two flights up with her grandmother
(d) in a white foster home

7. Who is the son LaJoe is closest to but who disappoints her the most?
(a) Paul
(b) Lafeyette
(c) Pharoah
(d) Terrence

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

9. How is Bird Leg killed?
(a) run over by a train
(b) eating spoiled food
(c) stabbed in the back
(d) shot in the chest

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

11. What prison sentence was given to Jimmie Lee?
(a) life in prison
(b) the maximum term of thirty years
(c) the electric chair
(d) twenty years without parole

12. What impediment gets worse in Pharoah after all the summer violence?
(a) his limp
(b) his lisp
(c) his stutter
(d) his nightmares

13. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?
(a) because the Horner boys are too undernourished
(b) because of his love for children
(c) because he only uses boys from other projects
(d) because they are too young

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

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