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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. Why is Pharoah's stutter much less noticeable?
(a) because he seldom speaks anymore
(b) because he feels safe with Terrance at home
(c) because he is outgrowing it
(d) because of the quiet after Jimmie Lee's conviction

2. What is Dawn, Porkchop's sister, about to do?
(a) drop out of school
(b) get married
(c) graduate from Crane High School
(d) have another baby

3. What do the boys use to hunt for garter snakes?
(a) a crowbar
(b) a cat
(c) railroad spikes
(d) spades

4. What are two main threats to the safety of Lafeyette and Pharoah at the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) rats and snakes
(b) gun battles and gang influences
(c) food and education
(d) trains and busses

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What solidifies the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?

2. 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?

3. What type of person is Rickey?

4. Why does Pharoah love school?

5. Where do the larger boys play when they visit the railway tracks?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a policeman treat Lafeyette in the stadium parking lot?

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

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

4. Explain the friendship between Pharoah and Rickey.

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

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

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

8. Explain the obsession Calvin Robinson has that Lafeyette finds interesting.

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

10. Describe the relationship between LaJoe and her husband, Paul.

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