2. What does LaJoe resolve to do for the younger children in the future?
(a) to take them on trips more often
(b) to keep a closer eye on them
(c) to get them all new shoes
(d) to send them to live with her mother

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

4. What can LaJoe not get a gang to stop doing near her house?
(a) beating a fourteen-year-old
(b) writing grafitti on the walls
(c) tormenting Pharoah
(d) throwing rockes at the windows

5. Why doesn't LaJoe take Lafeyette downtown to see the holiday window decorations?
(a) She wants him to guard the house.
(b) She thinks he will feel too old to do that.
(c) He is still very ill with a cough.
(d) He misbehaved that afternoon.

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

7. What has Terrence accomplished in prison?
(a) learned a new trade
(b) become a professional wrestler
(c) earned a high school equivalency
(d) learned to read and write

8. What is the rumor going around the projects?
(a) that they will all be evicted so the place can be rebuilt
(b) that the rents will all go up when they clean it up
(c) that the tenants will be charged for all the damage to the place
(d) that the city plans to tear the buildings down for a new stadium

9. What is it called when a hospital sends a patient to another hospital?
(a) ambulance running
(b) reference managing
(c) outpatient care
(d) patient dumping

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

11. Why does Vince Lane not start right away to clean up the basements?
(a) He doesn't see it as a major problem.
(b) He needs federal government approval.
(c) There isn't enough funding available.
(d) The gangs issue death threats.

12. What is Lafeyette beginning to look like at the age of thriteen?
(a) like a ghost
(b) like an old man
(c) like his father
(d) like a wild animal

13. Why does Lafeyette develop a terrible cough?
(a) He stays out all night in the winter.
(b) He catches it from Rickey.
(c) The open windows let in a cold winter draft.
(d) Because the policeman threw him in a puddle.

14. What does the teacher, Mr. Rogers, promise the class if either Clarise or Pharoah wins the spelling bee?
(a) extra credit
(b) a party
(c) no homework
(d) a movie

15. Who wants to believe in magical things and be able to dream and imagine?
(a) LaShawn
(b) Rickey
(c) Lafeyette
(d) LaJoe