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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Terrence commit the crime of ______________ and faces a ten year sentence.
(a) attempted murder
(b) driving under the influence
(c) extortion
(d) armed burglary

2. A week after Craig's funeral, what weather condition takes place?
(a) a hail storm
(b) a heatwave
(c) a late snow
(d) a tornado

3. What does LaJoe witness that makes her put her foot down with Lafeyette?
(a) some boys attempting a murder
(b) some boys setting fire to a business
(c) some boys abducting a young girl
(d) some boys selling drugs on the street

4. How does LaJoe see to it that the children have a good Christmas?
(a) by borrowing money from her mother
(b) by putting gifts on layaway for months
(c) by using her benefit money
(d) by playing cards to win money at night

5. What is it that Vince Lane does not know until the Horner residents inform him?
(a) the condition of the basement
(b) the heat in the winter
(c) the dangerous electrical wiring
(d) the number of murders

6. Who is presiding over Terrence's trial for armed robbery?
(a) Judge Dread
(b) Judge Judy
(c) Judge Mahan
(d) Judge Roy Bean

7. Why does Lafeyette drop out of Providence-St. Mel?
(a) because he finds the work too challenging
(b) because he misses his public school friends
(c) because he is ashamed of his clothes
(d) because the Horner boys make fun of him

8. Why are some boys beating a man outside Horner Homes?
(a) He was trying to sell drugs to young children.
(b) They were trying to rob him.
(c) He was molesting one of the boys' cousins in a vacant apartment.
(d) He was an undercover police officer.

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

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

11. What does Lafeyette think about LaShawn?
(a) He thinks she is pregnant again.
(b) He suspects she is working with the police.
(c) He thinks she has cancer.
(d) He suspects she is taking drugs again.

12. Which child did LaJoe take with her to Terrence's trial?
(a) Lafeyette
(b) Pharoah
(c) Rochelle
(d) Weasel

13. What are they all talking abut when Pharoah runs home to tell about his win?
(a) about the plumbing
(b) about the weather
(c) about Leila Mae's accident
(d) about Craig's death

14. What does Pharoah decide to clean to get out of Lafeyette's way?
(a) the hallway
(b) the bathrooms
(c) the windows
(d) the stove

15. What are some of the problems at the Chicago Housing Authority?
(a) bureaucratic red tape
(b) terrible reputation and mismanagement issues
(c) racial prejudice and police brutality
(d) lack of finitiative and no organization

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lafeyette dislike his public defender?

2. Who buys Pharoah a hot dog at the Boys Club?

3. What does Pharoah put on and spend thirty minutes grooming himself before the party?

4. What does Rickey call his new gang?

5. Why does Lafeyette want to fight his father?

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