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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. What can Pharoah do in his secret place?
(a) watch the girls jump rope
(b) clear his mind of everything there
(c) play with puppies
(d) practice his spelling

2. What do Lafeyette and Pharoah want from Terrence?
(a) the key to his foot locker
(b) the name of his gang leader
(c) him to come home
(d) a promise he will not come home

3. What do Lafeyette, Pharoah and their friends do at Chicago Blackhawk and Bulls games?
(a) collect empty drink cans to recycle
(b) offer to protect parked cars for game attendees
(c) help park cars
(d) wash cars while attendees watch the games

4. How is Bird Leg killed?
(a) shot in the chest
(b) eating spoiled food
(c) run over by a train
(d) stabbed in the back

5. Why does Pharoah love school?
(a) It is his chance to get out of the projects.
(b) He gets a free breakfast at school.
(c) It is a safe place where he can excel without fear.
(d) He likes to be with the girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impediment gets worse in Pharoah after all the summer violence?

2. What is going on when Pharoah and the triplets come home from school three days after Lafeyette's birthday?

3. What does Lafeyette fantasize about having in the future?

4. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?

5. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain why LaJoe believes Terrence is innocent when she visits him in Cook County Jail.

4. Describe LaJoe in one or two sentences.

5. What is the contrast between the murders in an affluent school and the shooting of Alonzo at Horner?

6. How does LaJoe's house become overcrowded?

7. Explain the friendship between Pharoah and Rickey.

8. How do the boys sometimes make money?

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

10. Mention something about the character of Craig Davis.

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