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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who are Francis Higgins and Richard Marianos?
(a) two white police officers
(b) drug enforcement officers
(c) teachers at Pharoah's school
(d) gun dealers

9. What does LaJoe pin on her sweatshirt and wear for the rest of the day?
(a) school pictures of her youngest children
(b) a medal Pharoah won in an essay contest
(c) Pharoah's and the triplets' school ribbons
(d) flowers given her by Pharoah

10. Why do the families of the boys refuse to pay damages for the truck?
(a) They know the boys are innocent.
(b) They don't like the truck owner.
(c) They can't afford it.
(d) They don't understand the offer.

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

12. At the Boys Club program, what is the response to the question, "Don't you live your country?"
(a) Everyone stands and puts their hands over their hearts.
(b) The crowd roars "no", drowning out Pharoah's quiet "yes."
(c) There is dead silence in the stands.
(d) The applause is deafening and Pharoah gets a headache.

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

14. Who is the newly appointed housing manager of Horner Homes?
(a) Gwen Anderson
(b) Mr. Rogers
(c) John Daly
(d) LaJoe Rivers

15. How does Lafeyette dress for Craig's funeral?
(a) in his only clean clothes
(b) in one of Terrence's suits
(c) in new jeans and a sweater
(d) in a deejay outfit

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pharoah admit is his greatest fear?

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

3. What is it called when a hospital sends a patient to another hospital?

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

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

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