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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 the teacher Lafeyette likes a great deal?
(a) Mr. Martin
(b) Mrs. Markham
(c) Miss Walker
(d) Mrs. Everage
2. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?
(a) trash bins behind a Kentucky Fried Chicken
(b) dead rats in the project
(c) left overs at home
(d) pet food he shoplifts
3. What is the last word Pharoah is given to spell?
(a) endurance
(b) indoctrinate
(c) endeavor
(d) endearing
4. What event caused riots in the area around the Blackhawk stadium?
(a) the Chicago riots at the Democratic convention
(b) the Kent State shootings
(c) the death of Robert Kennedy
(d) the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
5. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?
(a) She is taken to jail.
(b) Her children are removed.
(c) She is taken to the hospital.
(d) Her benefits are cut off.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why can LaJoe not defend herself well against the accusations?
2. What is the name of the young man who entertains outside of Horner Homes?
3. What is Bird Leg's obsession?
4. Why do Lafeyette and Rickey refuse to take Pharoah back to the railroad tracks?
5. What becomes stressful to LaJoe to the point of sleepless nights and severe headaches?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Lafeyette is caught shoplifting, how does LaJoe react?
2. Explain why LaJoe believes Terrence is innocent when she visits him in Cook County Jail.
3. What are some of the serious problems with the construction of the Henry Horner homes?
4. Describe Lafeyette's academic qualities.
5. What is the contrast between the murders in an affluent school and the shooting of Alonzo at Horner?
6. Explain the friendship between Pharoah and Rickey.
7. What is the quality of Henry Suder Elementary School?
8. Describe Pharoah's innate honesty.
9. Explain the obsession Calvin Robinson has that Lafeyette finds interesting.
10. How is the character of Pharoah developed in the story by how he cannot lie to LaJoe?
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