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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 is Lafeyette beginning to look like at the age of thriteen?
(a) like a ghost
(b) like his father
(c) like an old man
(d) like a wild animal

2. What bad dream does Pharoah have after the sentencing of his older brother?
(a) Terrence falls from a cliff.
(b) Terrence is swimming in the middle of the ocean;
(c) Terrence confronts a monster that is chasing him.
(d) Terrence is carried away by a vulture.

3. When did Lafeyette start imagining about having a dog of his own?
(a) when tough Luck came with a gun
(b) when a gang jumped him outside
(c) after Craig was killed
(d) hanging around with Bird Leg

4. Why are LaJoe and Lafeyette waiting in a room at the detention center?
(a) to testify in a court case
(b) to appeal for Terrence's release
(c) for Lafeyette's court hearing
(d) to identify an accused murderer

5. Why do the families of the boys refuse to pay damages for the truck?
(a) They don't understand the offer.
(b) They know the boys are innocent.
(c) They don't like the truck owner.
(d) They can't afford it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does LaJoe want to try and move away from Horner?

2. Why does Lafeyette drop out of Providence-St. Mel?

3. What is it called when a hospital sends a patient to another hospital?

4. What are the results of Vance Lane's efforts at CHA?

5. What is Pharoah's latest interest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gwen Anderson tell the CHA about the basement?

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

4. What are the projects like in the winter?

5. Describe the shooting of Craig Davis.

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

7. What is the special fear of Pharoah?

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

9. How has Lafeyette's behavior changed since Craig's funeral?

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

(see the answer keys)

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