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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 does LaJoe pin on her sweatshirt and wear for the rest of the day?
(a) a medal Pharoah won in an essay contest
(b) flowers given her by Pharoah
(c) school pictures of her youngest children
(d) Pharoah's and the triplets' school ribbons

2. Why does Pharoah dress up one spring morning?
(a) to date Clarise
(b) for good luck on his exams
(c) for his spelling bee
(d) to go to a funeral

3. Who is presiding over Terrence's trial for armed robbery?
(a) Judge Dread
(b) Judge Mahan
(c) Judge Roy Bean
(d) Judge Judy

4. What was the result of Lafeyette's fall down some stairs?
(a) a concussion
(b) a torn ligament
(c) a broken arm
(d) a fractured ankle

5. What is the rumor going around the projects?
(a) that the rents will all go up when they clean it up
(b) that the tenants will be charged for all the damage to the place
(c) that they will all be evicted so the place can be rebuilt
(d) that the city plans to tear the buildings down for a new stadium

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening outside when Lafeyette doesn't move off the couch and continues to calmly watch television?

2. What are they all talking abut when Pharoah runs home to tell about his win?

3. What bad dream does Pharoah have after the sentencing of his older brother?

4. What can LaJoe not get a gang to stop doing near her house?

5. What does Pharoah decide to clean to get out of Lafeyette's way?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Terrence agree to participate in an armed robbery?

2. What improvements are made to the apartment in the summer of 1989?

3. Why is Lafeyette put in charge of the children and what is his behavior like?

4. What hope is inspired in Pharoah as a result of his inclusion in the Upward Bound program at the University of Illinois?

5. What is it about public defender Anne Rhodes that Lafeyette does not understand?

6. Describe Lafeyette's frame of mind at Craig's funeral.

7. What happens to Lafeyette and Pharoah in regard to their education?

8. Describe the shooting of Craig Davis.

9. How does the judge make LaJoe feel after Lafeyette's hearing?

10. How do Pharoah and Lafeyette happen to run into Rickey on their way for a treat?

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