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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lafeyette and Pharoah want from Terrence?
(a) a promise he will not come home
(b) him to come home
(c) the name of his gang leader
(d) the key to his foot locker

2. How do the people at Horner Homes call Urica?
(a) the lucky one
(b) a liar
(c) the miracle child
(d) the rat

3. Why is Lafeyette against the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?
(a) He knows that Rickey is a thief.
(b) He thinks someone is out to kill Rickey.
(c) He worries that Rickey will lead Pharoah into trouble.
(d) He worries that Rickey will take his place with Pharoah.

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

5. How do Lafeyette and Pharoah refer to the escalating gang wars and gun battles?
(a) as the war zone
(b) as the excitement
(c) as the boom box
(d) as the death train

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

7. What had happened to Urica after her mother, her four-year-old sister, and her mother's boyfriend were killed?
(a) She was taken to LaJoe to care for her.
(b) She had hid under a box and the killers did not see her.
(c) She went into shock and could not speak.
(d) She was stabbed forty-eight times but miraculously survived

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

9. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?
(a) pet food he shoplifts
(b) dead rats in the project
(c) left overs at home
(d) trash bins behind a Kentucky Fried Chicken

10. What happens to Pharoah on his last word?
(a) He suddenly needs to go to the bathroom.
(b) He spells the first four letters and then his throat closes up.
(c) He starts to stutter so bad that the judges cannot understand him.
(d) He gets one of his severe headaches.

11. With everyone moved back into the apartment, how many does LaJoe now have to feed?
(a) thirteen adults and children
(b) two adults and twelve children
(c) three adults and thirteen children
(d) four adults and six children

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

13. 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) hit and run
(c) break and run
(d) smash and grabs

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Pharoah love school?

3. Why is Pharoah's stutter much less noticeable?

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

5. What does the young man do with Lafeyette?

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