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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is LaJoe's one hope of having a child graduate from high school and go on to college?
(a) Lafeyette
(b) Rochelle
(c) Terrance
(d) Pharoah

2. Why can LaJoe not defend herself well against the accusations?
(a) She has no education.
(b) She is guilty.
(c) She has no transportation to the hearing.
(d) She is too timid.

3. When does Pharoah realize something is wrong?
(a) when Lafeyette starts talking about joining a gang
(b) when LaJoe doesn't come home with groceries as usual
(c) when the electricity is shut off
(d) when they start eating a lot of peanut butter sandwiches

4. What is it called when the gang members break a side window of a car at a stoplight and grab a purse or briefcase on the seat?
(a) break and run
(b) break and take
(c) hit and run
(d) smash and grabs

5. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?
(a) They had made plans to go to the tracks.
(b) They did not like the dead boy.
(c) They are still raw from Bird Leg's funeral.
(d) They had nothing good to wear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes stressful to LaJoe to the point of sleepless nights and severe headaches?

2. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?

3. What prison sentence was given to Jimmie Lee?

4. What do the children call the Henry Horner Homes?

5. When Rickey and Lafeyette shoplift, what are they unaware of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pharoah's innate honesty.

2. Describe the severity of Pharoah's speech impediment.

3. Mention something about the character of Craig Davis.

4. When Lafeyette is caught shoplifting, how does LaJoe react?

5. Describe Pharoah's problem that gets him eliminated from the spelling bee.

6. Describe the emotions of the project boys and the train passengers as a train passes while the boys search for snakes.

7. Explain why Lafeyette becomes introverted after the death of Bird Leg.

8. Describe Pharoah's secret place.

9. What is the quality of Henry Suder Elementary School?

10. Describe how the eight-year-old Urica testifies at a murder trial.

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