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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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 death train
(d) as the boom box

6. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?
(a) Rags
(b) Snuggles
(c) Teddy Bear
(d) Rabbit

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

8. 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 they are too young
(b) because the Horner boys are too undernourished
(c) because he only uses boys from other projects
(d) because of his love for children

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

10. Why can LaJoe not defend herself well against the accusations?
(a) She has no education.
(b) She has no transportation to the hearing.
(c) She is too timid.
(d) She is guilty.

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

12. Who is the teacher Lafeyette likes a great deal?
(a) Mrs. Markham
(b) Miss Walker
(c) Mrs. Everage
(d) Mr. Martin

13. What are two main threats to the safety of Lafeyette and Pharoah at the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) trains and busses
(b) food and education
(c) gun battles and gang influences
(d) rats and snakes

14. What is Bird Leg's obsession?
(a) basketball
(b) guns
(c) dogs
(d) trains

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is LaJoe's childhood friend?

2. 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?

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

4. What does Terrance claim loudly?

5. What solidifies the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?

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