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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 send them to live with her mother
(d) to get them all new shoes

3. When LaJoe tells Weasel, her oldest son, what the man did to her, what does Weasel do?
(a) He gets his gang to beat up Keith.
(b) He takes a gun and shoots Keith.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He finds Keith and beats him up.

4. Why do LaJoe and Rochelle decorate the apartment?
(a) for Christmas
(b) just to brighten up their lives
(c) Terrance is coming home
(d) a surprise birthday party for Pharoah

5. 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) a movie
(d) no homework

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

7. What is happening outside when Lafeyette doesn't move off the couch and continues to calmly watch television?
(a) a hail storm
(b) a police raid
(c) gunshots
(d) a fire

8. A year later, what does Craig Davis' mother decide to do?
(a) give her sons recordings to Lafeyette
(b) move to Alabama
(c) to file a lawsuit against the ATF
(d) buy a gravestone for her son

9. Why does Lafeyette dislike his public defender?
(a) She has no time to listen to him.
(b) She is tall and intimidating.
(c) He never looks at Lafeyette.
(d) He looks like Mr. Graves.

10. What does Pharoah see that makes him stutter again?
(a) a rainbow
(b) an elephant
(c) a police car
(d) a murder

11. In May of 1989, who holds a meeting with the Henry Horner tenants association?
(a) Vincent Lane
(b) Craig Davis
(c) James Howard
(d) Dawn Adams

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

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

14. What does Craig do when he sees some police officers?
(a) falls to the ground
(b) pulls out a gun
(c) panics and runs
(d) holds up his hands

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pharoah worried that even if he achieves a high school diploma, he will not be able to get out of the projects?

2. Where are Craig and his friends going when he comes across Francis Higgins and Richard Marianos?

3. Who are Francis Higgins and Richard Marianos?

4. Who do they meet on the way and invite to join them?

5. Why are some boys beating a man outside Horner Homes?

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