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

2. During the party, what does Dawn come running in to warn about?
(a) a police raid in the neighborhood
(b) a fire in the next building
(c) gang activity going on in the next building
(d) a riot in the streets

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

4. What does Pharoah put on and spend thirty minutes grooming himself before the party?
(a) a new Blackhawks jacket
(b) a new blue suit
(c) a green shorts set
(d) a white jogging suit

5. Who is the newly appointed housing manager of Horner Homes?
(a) Gwen Anderson
(b) Mr. Rogers
(c) John Daly
(d) LaJoe Rivers

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lafeyette develop a terrible cough?

2. When are the projects stifling hot?

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

4. Where are Craig and his friends going when he comes across Francis Higgins and Richard Marianos?

5. What is Lafeyette's sentence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the shooting of Craig Davis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does LaJoe's mother move out and how do the boys feel about her moving?

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

10. Why does Pharoah stay up all night on December 30th?

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