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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. Bird Leg's cousin, Rickey, is full of rage. Why?
(a) He is always getting beat up.
(b) He witnessed Bird Leg's death.
(c) He cannot get into the gang.
(d) He is abused by a teacher.

2. What is keeping Pharoah out of school?
(a) a serious case of measels
(b) nothing to wear
(c) a teacher's strike that lingers for weeks
(d) fear of gang members

3. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?
(a) because the Horner boys are too undernourished
(b) because they are too young
(c) because of his love for children
(d) because he only uses boys from other projects

4. What captivates Pharoah at Erol's Video Club?
(a) the video machines
(b) the space movies
(c) the Wrestle Mania movies
(d) the cartoons

5. How do Lafeyette and Pharoah refer to the escalating gang wars and gun battles?
(a) as the excitement
(b) as the war zone
(c) as the death train
(d) as the boom box

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was LaJoe when she first came to the Henry Horner Projects?

2. What is the name of the young man who entertains outside of Horner Homes?

3. What do Lafeyette, Pharoah and their friends do at Chicago Blackhawk and Bulls games?

4. What evidence is there that Pharoah is comfortable in a classroom?

5. Who did LaJoe meet at a dance hall when she was only thirteen, pretending to be sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pharoah's innate honesty.

2. How are Dawn and Demetrius singled out and publicized?

3. How is the character of Pharoah developed in the story by how he cannot lie to LaJoe?

4. What is the evidence the police collected against Jimmie Lee?

5. What is LaJoe's expectations for Pharoah?

6. What are some of the serious problems with the construction of the Henry Horner homes?

7. How does the teacher's strike of 1988 affect Pharoah?

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

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

10. How does LaJoe's house become overcrowded?

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