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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who threatens to bash LaJoe's head in because she ignores his flirtations?
(a) the man who collects the rent
(b) a policeman
(c) Keith, a man in his late forties
(d) Pharoah's new male teacher

2. Why is Lafeyette arrested?
(a) allegedly snatching a woman's purse
(b) allegedly breaking into a truck near the stadium
(c) allegedly selling drugs
(d) allegedly breaking and entering houses

3. Who owns the luxury home with a marble staircase, sunken tub and Jacuzzi?
(a) Mayor Daly
(b) the Playboy Club
(c) the Chicago Mafia
(d) a family of drug runners

4. Where is Pharoah going during the summer of 1989?
(a) to summer camp
(b) to the Boys Club
(c) to the University of Illinois
(d) to a farm in the country

5. How does Lafeyette cope with his stress?
(a) fighting
(b) cleaning
(c) sitting on the railroad tracks
(d) bullying his siblings

6. Why does Lafeyette want to fight his father?
(a) He thinks his father sold his puppy for drugs.
(b) He sees his father strike LaJoe.
(c) He catches his father stealing LaJoe's savings.
(d) He wants his father to teach him how to win a fight.

7. Who fights in LaJoe's apartment while she is out?
(a) Rickey and Lafeyette
(b) Tough Luck and Willie
(c) The triplets and grandmother
(d) Terrance and Rochell

8. During the party, what does Dawn come running in to warn about?
(a) gang activity going on in the next building
(b) a fire in the next building
(c) a police raid in the neighborhood
(d) a riot in the streets

9. What are the results of Vance Lane's efforts at CHA?
(a) He is fired for making waves.
(b) The basements are sealed off.
(c) Everyone's rent goes up.
(d) A few things do improve in the neighborhood.

10. What does Pharoah put on and spend thirty minutes grooming himself before the party?
(a) a new Blackhawks jacket
(b) a new blue suit
(c) a white jogging suit
(d) a green shorts set

11. What is different about Terrence's appearance at the trial?
(a) He looked older and scared.
(b) His hair had started turning gray.
(c) His heair is all shaved off.
(d) He had been lifting weights and is now very muscular.

12. What begins to happen to try and reduce the violence in the projects?
(a) rewards offered for turning in gang members
(b) enlarged police patrols in the area
(c) vigilante committees are formed
(d) building sweeps to try to get rid of the gangs

13. Why are LaJoe and Lafeyette waiting in a room at the detention center?
(a) for Lafeyette's court hearing
(b) to identify an accused murderer
(c) to testify in a court case
(d) to appeal for Terrence's release

14. What is clear about the judge in Lafeyette's hearing at Juvenile Detention?
(a) He is kind and understanding.
(b) He is prejudiced against black juveniles.
(c) He doesn't believe Lafeyette's version of events.
(d) He is tired and wants to go home.

15. When are the projects stifling hot?
(a) in the winter
(b) in the summer
(c) at night
(d) at midnight

Short Answer Questions

1. After placing second behind Clarise, what really makes Pharoah happy?

2. Who makes up Rickey's gang?

3. Under what condition will the truck owner drop the charges against the five boys?

4. What does Pharoah decide to clean to get out of Lafeyette's way?

5. What is the rumor going around the projects?

(see the answer keys)

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