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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fall 1987 - Spring 1988, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When another person is killed, why do Lafeyette and Pharoah refuse to go to the funeral?
(a) They had made plans to go to the tracks.
(b) They had nothing good to wear.
(c) They did not like the dead boy.
(d) They are still raw from Bird Leg's funeral.

2. How old was LaJoe when she first came to the Henry Horner Projects?
(a) four
(b) sixteen
(c) ten
(d) twenty

3. What is Bird Leg's obsession?
(a) trains
(b) dogs
(c) basketball
(d) guns

4. Where does Pharoah want Lafeyette to take him?
(a) downtown Chicago
(b) to the school year
(c) up to Canada
(d) to the railroad tracks

5. What do the children call the Henry Horner Homes?
(a) Hornets, the projects, or the 'jects
(b) the jail or the dump
(c) the battleground
(d) the hole or the box

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?

2. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?

3. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?

4. Where does Bird Leg get food for his pets?

5. How do Lafeyette and Pharoah refer to the escalating gang wars and gun battles?

(see the answer key)

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