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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. In May of 1989, who holds a meeting with the Henry Horner tenants association?

2. What does Pharoah decide to clean to get out of Lafeyette's way?

3. How is Craig killed?

4. What is making Lafeyette nervous?

5. What is Pharoah's latest interest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What hope is inspired in Pharoah as a result of his inclusion in the Upward Bound program at the University of Illinois?

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

7. What are the projects like in the winter?

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

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

10. What is the special fear of Pharoah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the causes of gangs and gang violence. What are the circumstances that cause young people to join gangs and subject themselves to gang authority? If gang authority is accepted, what are the reasons for rebelling against the authority of schools, the police, and the adult family members? Go deeper into the causes than just rebellion. Discuss things like personal safety, a need to belong, and a need to communicate.

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