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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 is the subject of the poem Craig had written that haunts Lafeyette?

2. Who threatens to bash LaJoe's head in because she ignores his flirtations?

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

4. Who fights in LaJoe's apartment while she is out?

5. What begins to happen to try and reduce the violence in the projects?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the improvements Vincent Lane is able to make in the projects?

2. Describe the shooting of Craig Davis.

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

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

5. Why does Pharoah stay up all night on December 30th?

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

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

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

9. Describe what Pharoah sees as the boys are eating their food outside the Main Street hot dog stand.

10. How does Pharoah react to his visit to the courtroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

When faced with the prospect of going to prison for a crime he did not commit, Terrence participated in an armed robbery with the attitude that he might as well commit the crime he had been accused of. Write a paper on the possibility of false imprisonment in the judicial system. Explain why it is possible and what makes it seem to happen so often.

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