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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. Why does Lafeyette develop a terrible cough?
(a) Because the policeman threw him in a puddle.
(b) The open windows let in a cold winter draft.
(c) He catches it from Rickey.
(d) He stays out all night in the winter.

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

3. What is Lafeyette's sentence?
(a) six months in the detention center
(b) a $500 fine and community service
(c) two years probation
(d) a year's probation and community service at the Boys Club

4. Where does Lafeyette get Pahroah to agree to go?
(a) a nearby hot dog stand
(b) to a rock concert
(c) to watch cars at the stadium
(d) to visit Terrance in jail

5. How does Craig Davis earn his living?
(a) as a teacher
(b) as a stock boy for a stationery company
(c) as a Boys Club counselor
(d) as a gun dealer

Short Answer Questions

1. What incriminating thing had Derrick said to the truck owner at the stadium?

2. Why do LaJoe and Rochelle decorate the apartment?

3. How does Lafeyette dress for Craig's funeral?

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

5. Why does Vince Lane not start right away to clean up the basements?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the projects like in the winter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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