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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 impediment gets worse in Pharoah after all the summer violence?
(a) his lisp
(b) his stutter
(c) his nightmares
(d) his limp

2. What evidence is there that Pharoah is comfortable in a classroom?
(a) He stutters less.
(b) He has no trouble breathing.
(c) He makes everyone laugh.
(d) He sits on the front row.

3. Who is Jimmie Lee?
(a) a policeman who really wants to do something for the project children
(b) a rock and roll singer who grew up in the Henry Horner Homes
(c) head of a drug gang called the Conservative Vice Lords whose members control Henry Horner
(d) a drug addict who terrorizes the children at Henry Horner projects.

4. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?
(a) Snuggles
(b) Rags
(c) Rabbit
(d) Teddy Bear

5. What does Pharoah worry about as he prepares for the contest?
(a) his pronunciation
(b) his memory
(c) his stutter
(d) his clothes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What solidifies the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?

3. What did a friend do for the family?

4. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?

5. Who is the teacher Lafeyette likes a great deal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe LaJoe in one or two sentences.

3. What is LaJoe's expectations for Pharoah?

4. Describe Pharoah's innate honesty.

5. How does LaJoe's house become overcrowded?

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

7. Point out the contradictions in the character of Jimmie Lee.

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

9. Describe Lafeyette's academic qualities.

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

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