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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. What do Lafeyette and Pharoah want from Terrence?

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

3. Why will Pharaoh not wear his nylon jacket with the Blackhawk logo?

4. How do the people at Horner Homes call Urica?

5. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pharoah's secret place.

2. How does a policeman treat Lafeyette in the stadium parking lot?

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

4. Describe LaJoe in one or two sentences.

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

6. What is the contrast between the murders in an affluent school and the shooting of Alonzo at Horner?

7. Describe Pharoah's innate honesty.

8. What is the quality of Henry Suder Elementary School?

9. How does Lafeyette's attitude change toward Rickey?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper on uniforms in gangs. Use Kotlowitz's description of the uniform identities of the Vice Lords. Compare that to uniforms adopted by schools, social institutions, and the military. Explain to what extent the purpose of the uniform is the same and to what extent it is different in these various organization.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the disparity between the "haves" and the "have nots" of the world. Express what you see as the responsibility of those with affluence toward those who live in desperation. Give some suggestions of how the disparity might be alleviated.

Essay Topic 3

Now that you have read the book, THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE, write a paper about what you now know about the lives of people living in poverty. Why is the gang culture so prevalent in slum areas and ghettos? Discuss whether your attitudes have been altered about people living in poverty.

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