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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. At the Boys Club program, what is the response to the question, "Don't you live your country?"

2. What is it called when a hospital sends a patient to another hospital?

3. Why does Lafeyette want to fight his father?

4. Who wants to believe in magical things and be able to dream and imagine?

5. What does LaJoe pin on her sweatshirt and wear for the rest of the day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the projects like in the winter?

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

9. What is the special fear of Pharoah?

10. What is the unfortunate coincidence involving Craig Davis and the police?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using LaJoe, Dawn, and LaShawn as examples, write a paper on the problem of teenage pregnancy. Discuss why it happens and why efforts to prevent teen pregnancies have not been all that successful. Discuss the other problems these young women face after their first child is born. Give your ideas of how the problem might be addressed.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay on the disparity between the "haves" and the "have nots" of the world. Express what you see as the responsibility of those with affluence toward those who live in desperation. Give some suggestions of how the disparity might be alleviated.

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