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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 does Rickey call his new gang?

2. What does LaJoe witness that makes her put her foot down with Lafeyette?

3. During the party, what does Dawn come running in to warn about?

4. Who is the newly appointed housing manager of Horner Homes?

5. Why do LaJoe and Rochelle decorate the apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pharoah prepare for the next spelling bee?

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

4. How does LaJoe remember the day Terrence was sentenced since Terrence had requested that she not come to court that day?

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

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

7. Describe Lafeyette's brush with the law that gets him arrested.

8. How does the judge make LaJoe feel after Lafeyette's hearing?

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

10. What happens at the hearing in spite of Anne Rhodes' telling the judge she does not think Lafeyette is guilty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on social welfare systems in America. Give a balanced view, expressing the ways in which it certainly has helped a number of people. On the other hand, mention its inadequacies and offer suggestions about how it might be improved.

Essay Topic 2

Beginning with the positive influence Diana Barone had on Pharoah, write an essay about a particular teacher who inspired and influenced you. Be specific about things that teacher said and did which inspired you to be better at something. Maybe it was not scholastic excellence but some other aspect of your life the teacher impacted.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the subject of "Living in Fear." Beginning with the constant shootings and murders in the Chicago projects, expand that subject to other examples of people living in fear. Write about living in fear in ones own family because of an abusive family member. Also include examples like countries where genocide is a common practice and people of certain ethnic or tribal identities are in constant fear of being slaughtered.

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