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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event caused riots in the area around the Blackhawk stadium?
(a) the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) the Chicago riots at the Democratic convention
(c) the Kent State shootings
(d) the death of Robert Kennedy

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

3. Why do the police take the boys close to their home and drop them off with a stern warning?
(a) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, does not press charges.
(b) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, demands to see their parents.
(c) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, pays for the videos.
(d) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, admits he did not see them.

4. How has Lafeyette's attitude toward Rickey changed?
(a) He comes to accept him as Pharoah's friend.
(b) He decides to threaten Rickey.
(c) He never thinks of him any more.
(d) He is more suspicious of him than ever.

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

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

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

8. 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 family reunion
(c) painting the apartment
(d) a surprise party

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

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

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

12. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?
(a) She got bone cancer and died.
(b) She was murdered.
(c) She became a prostitute.
(d) She got pregnant and ran away.

13. Why does LaJoe send the boys to stay with her mother a few miles west?
(a) to let her oldest daughter return home
(b) to help her mother
(c) for their safety
(d) to lower her food bill

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?

2. What has caused Pharoah to faint?

3. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?

4. Who is the son LaJoe is closest to but who disappoints her the most?

5. What is Bird Leg dressed in at his funeral?

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