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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 is Lafeyette arrested?

2. What is LaJoe able at last to make?

3. What destroyed Paul's relationship with LaJoe and now with his children?

4. A year later, what does Craig Davis' mother decide to do?

5. Why is Pharoah worried that even if he achieves a high school diploma, he will not be able to get out of the projects?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rickey do that displeases LaJoe?

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

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

4. Describe the conflict between Lafeyette and Paul over the puppy Rickey gave him.

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

6. What happens to Lafeyette and Pharoah in regard to their education?

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

8. When Pharoah and Porkchop go to visit Dawn, what is her condition?

9. What is the special fear of Pharoah?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay on the exploitation of children. Begin with the need for Lafeyette to grow old before his time. Expand that theme to child soldiers and sweatshop laborers. Discuss how and why this exploitation happens to children all over the world.

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