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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. Where does Bird Leg get his pets?
(a) along the railroad tracks
(b) back yards of Hispanic and white neighborhoods
(c) at a pet store
(d) as gifts from friends

2. What treats does LaJoe buy for the children?
(a) comic books and candy
(b) small plastic toy filled with candy
(c) candy and chewing gum
(d) fresh fruit and popsicles

3. What is Pharoah entered in at school?
(a) an accelerated learning class
(b) a mathematics contest
(c) a new PE class
(d) his class spelling bee

4. Where does Pharoah go with Lafeyette and Rickey and some other friends?
(a) to the museum of modern art
(b) window shopping at discount stores on Chicago Avenue
(c) to visit Bird Leg's grave
(d) the the top of Horner Homes

5. Why do the police take the boys close to their home and drop them off with a stern warning?
(a) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, demands to see their parents.
(b) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, pays for the videos.
(c) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, admits he did not see them.
(d) Mario Vera, the assistant manager, does not press charges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?

2. What had happened to Urica after her mother, her four-year-old sister, and her mother's boyfriend were killed?

3. Bird Leg's cousin, Rickey, is full of rage. Why?

4. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?

5. What happens to Pharoah on his last word?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the friendship between Pharoah and Rickey.

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

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

4. Describe LaJoe in one or two sentences.

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

6. How does Lafeyette's attitude change toward Rickey?

7. Explain what happens to Bird Leg.

8. What is LaJoe's expectations for Pharoah?

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

10. How do the boys sometimes make money?

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