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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 Craig do when he sees some police officers?
(a) pulls out a gun
(b) holds up his hands
(c) panics and runs
(d) falls to the ground

2. What does Pharoah warn his friends about in the basement?
(a) poisonous snakes
(b) evil spirits
(c) vampire bats
(d) human-headed cats

3. What does Rickey call his new gang?
(a) the Railroad Snakes
(b) the Avengers
(c) the Horner Hornets
(d) the Four Corner Hustlers

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

5. Why are some boys beating a man outside Horner Homes?
(a) He was molesting one of the boys' cousins in a vacant apartment.
(b) He was an undercover police officer.
(c) They were trying to rob him.
(d) He was trying to sell drugs to young children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does LaJoe resolve to do for the younger children in the future?

2. Who is the newly appointed housing manager of Horner Homes?

3. Why does Lafeyette want to fight his father?

4. Who owns the luxury home with a marble staircase, sunken tub and Jacuzzi?

5. What causes Gwen Anderson to vomit in the basement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the shooting of Craig Davis.

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

3. How does LaJoe remember the day Terrence was sentenced since Terrence had requested that she not come to court that day?

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

5. Describe Lafeyette's brush with the law that gets him arrested.

6. Why do LaJoe and Lafeyette back off from trying to stop the beating of a man by some Horner gang members?

7. Who is Vince Lane and what does he hope to accomplish?

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

9. Describe what Pharoah sees as the boys are eating their food outside the Main Street hot dog stand.

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

(see the answer keys)

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