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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do Lafeyette and Pharoah get accepted?
(a) as members of the Boy Scouts
(b) into the Zion Baptist church choir
(c) in a University of Illinois pilot program
(d) in a private parochial school named Providence-St. Mel

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

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

6. Why does LaJoe want to try and move away from Horner?
(a) so that the children can go to a better school
(b) so the police cannot find Lafeyette
(c) so Terrence won't have to return to Horner
(d) so that she can find a job

7. Where is Craig taken and eventually pronounced dead?
(a) Hormer Homes
(b) Mount Sinai Hospital
(c) Cook County Jail
(d) Chicago General

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

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

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

11. When does Lafeyette lose another friend who dies in a car accident during a police chase?
(a) a month later that same spring
(b) a week after Craig's funeral
(c) two days after Craig's funeral
(d) the same day Craig is shot

12. Why is Pharoah worried that even if he achieves a high school diploma, he will not be able to get out of the projects?
(a) Everyone will think he forged the diploma.
(b) His brother in prison will alarm people.
(c) There will only be poor jobs available for blacks.
(d) Dawn has been unable to escape.

13. Why does Pharoah dress up one spring morning?
(a) for good luck on his exams
(b) for his spelling bee
(c) to go to a funeral
(d) to date Clarise

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

15. Who buys Pharoah a hot dog at the Boys Club?
(a) LaJoe
(b) Terrance
(c) Rickey
(d) Lafeyette

Short Answer Questions

1. A year later, what does Craig Davis' mother decide to do?

2. Who is the newly appointed housing manager of Horner Homes?

3. What causes one boy in Rickey's gang to get shot accidentally in the arm?

4. Who owns the luxury home with a marble staircase, sunken tub and Jacuzzi?

5. What position had LaJoe's mother held when LaJoe was a child?

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