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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Lafeyette and Rickey refuse to take Pharoah back to the railroad tracks?
(a) more rumors spread about the dangers in the area
(b) they have lost their interest in finding snakes
(c) they think they are too old to play there anymore
(d) they think Pharoah is too young to hang out with

2. 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

3. How does Pharoah think of the lush, grassy lawn around the condominium complex called Damen Courts?
(a) as a forbidden place
(b) as a dangerous place
(c) as his secret place
(d) as his worst place

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

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

6. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?
(a) Her benefits are cut off.
(b) Her children are removed.
(c) She is taken to jail.
(d) She is taken to the hospital.

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

8. Where do the larger boys play when they visit the railway tracks?
(a) in the tall weeds
(b) in an empty box car
(c) on the tracks
(d) under a box car

9. Who is the one person with whom Pharoah is comfortable?
(a) his mother LaJoe
(b) his cousin Porkchop
(c) the triplets
(d) his brother Lafeyette

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

11. Why does LaJoe hope that Dawn is successful?
(a) so she won't come begging for help
(b) so Pharoah can do even better than Dawn
(c) so her children can see the benefits of a diploma
(d) so she can reform Terrance

12. What does Terrance claim loudly?
(a) that the guards beat him
(b) that he will break out
(c) that the food is terrible
(d) that he is innocent of the crime

13. What gives Pharoah a headache at the jail?
(a) the clanging of doors
(b) the guard's whistle
(c) a siren
(d) a couple arguing

14. 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) food and education
(d) trains and busses

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pharoah love school?

2. What captivates Pharoah at Erol's Video Club?

3. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?

4. What happens to Pharoah on his last word?

5. What do the boys use to hunt for garter snakes?

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