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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the vacancy rate at Horner increase?
(a) a typhoid outbreak
(b) old people kept dying off
(c) rumors of planned gentrification
(d) an increase in the number of murders

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

4. What does Lafeyette fantasize about having in the future?
(a) a gun to shoot gang members
(b) a job so his mother doesn't have to worry
(c) a Cadillac
(d) a white, wood-framed house

5. What can Pharoah do in his secret place?
(a) practice his spelling
(b) play with puppies
(c) clear his mind of everything there
(d) watch the girls jump rope

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

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

8. Who is LaJoe's childhood friend?
(a) Lila Mae
(b) Raquel
(c) LaBelle
(d) Rochelle

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

10. What treats does LaJoe buy for the children?
(a) fresh fruit and popsicles
(b) candy and chewing gum
(c) small plastic toy filled with candy
(d) comic books and candy

11. What is the name of the young man who entertains outside of Horner Homes?
(a) James Brown
(b) Craig Davis
(c) Stevie Wonder
(d) Little Richard

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

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

14. What captivates Pharoah at Erol's Video Club?
(a) the cartoons
(b) the Wrestle Mania movies
(c) the space movies
(d) the video machines

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the police take the boys close to their home and drop them off with a stern warning?

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

3. Why is eight-year-old Urica Winder in court?

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

5. What is Pharoah entered in at school?

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