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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. Why does Lafeyette not want to play basketball with the project boys?

2. What captivates Pharoah at Erol's Video Club?

3. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?

4. Why did the vacancy rate at Horner increase?

5. What is Bird Leg's obsession?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Dawn and Demetrius singled out and publicized?

2. Explain what happens to Bird Leg.

3. Point out the contradictions in the character of Jimmie Lee.

4. Explain the friendship between Pharoah and Rickey.

5. Describe Pharoah's innate honesty.

6. What are some of the serious problems with the construction of the Henry Horner homes?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper on the value of hope in life. Explain why it is important for people to believe figuratively in the gold and leprechauns at the end of the rainbow. What is the value of life without hope? Do you see it as logical that people who have no hope also have no sense of moral responsibility?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay entitled "Society's Forgotten People." In addition to the example of the Rivers family, mention other groups of people our society fails. In the essay, discuss how people are measured by the amount of material things they possess and the money they have in the bank and in investments.

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