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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Urica's testimony, how long does it take the jury to find Lawrence Jackson guilty of murder?

2. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?

3. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?

4. What does the young man do with Lafeyette?

5. Who is LaJoe's one hope of having a child graduate from high school and go on to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the obsession Calvin Robinson has that Lafeyette finds interesting.

2. Describe the severity of Pharoah's speech impediment.

3. Describe how the eight-year-old Urica testifies at a murder trial.

4. When Lafeyette is caught shoplifting, how does LaJoe react?

5. Describe Lafeyette's academic qualities.

6. How do the boys sometimes make money?

7. What is the accusation the local welfare office caseworkers bring against LaJoe?

8. Explain what happens to Bird Leg.

9. What is the evidence the police collected against Jimmie Lee?

10. Describe Pharoah's innate honesty.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay entitled "Kick the Dog." Begin with a story about a man who was harassed at work all day. When he comes home, the dog greets him with its tail wagging. The man, unable to fight back at work, takes his anger out by kicking the innocent dog. Using LaJoe and Lafeyette as examples, write your paper about how people often take out their frustrations of innocent and often helpless people.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the subject of experience and education. Start with Pharoah who knew from reading that there is supposed to be gold or leprechauns at the end of a rainbow but had never seen one. Discuss in your paper how book study and experience are both part of becoming educated.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper on pacifism. Starting with Pharoah who avoids physical conflict and often goes to his secret place where he feels safe, discuss the idea that pacifism has the advantage of not escalating conflict. You may want to mention Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in your paper. Show how pacifism is not the same thing as weakness.

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