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

2. What does Pharoah admit is his greatest fear?
(a) snakes
(b) dying young
(c) going down to the basement
(d) never seeing his family again

3. What begins to happen to try and reduce the violence in the projects?
(a) enlarged police patrols in the area
(b) vigilante committees are formed
(c) building sweeps to try to get rid of the gangs
(d) rewards offered for turning in gang members

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

5. When does Lafeyette lose another friend who dies in a car accident during a police chase?
(a) the same day Craig is shot
(b) a week after Craig's funeral
(c) two days after Craig's funeral
(d) a month later that same spring

Short Answer Questions

1. A year later, what does Craig Davis' mother decide to do?

2. What does Pharoah think is at the end of the rainbow?

3. What does Lafeyette think about LaShawn?

4. What does the teacher, Mr. Rogers, promise the class if either Clarise or Pharoah wins the spelling bee?

5. What is it that Vince Lane does not know until the Horner residents inform him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the unfortunate coincidence involving Craig Davis and the police?

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

3. How does Pharoah react to his visit to the courtroom?

4. What happens at the hearing in spite of Anne Rhodes' telling the judge she does not think Lafeyette is guilty?

5. What are Lafeyette's nightmares like?

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

7. Describe the conflict between Lafeyette and Paul over the puppy Rickey gave him.

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

9. How does Pharoah prepare for the next spelling bee?

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

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