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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. Why does Pharoah love school?
(a) It is a safe place where he can excel without fear.
(b) He gets a free breakfast at school.
(c) It is his chance to get out of the projects.
(d) He likes to be with the girls.

2. What is Bird Leg dressed in at his funeral?
(a) jeans and T-shirt
(b) a white jogging suit
(c) his basketball uniform
(d) a new suit

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

4. What has caused Pharoah to faint?
(a) the sounds of gunfire
(b) snakes at the tracks
(c) getting too hot
(d) deeing Bird Leg get shot

5. What seriously haunts Lafeyette?
(a) Bird Leg's death
(b) the pressure to join a gang
(c) school homework
(d) the boy who lost his legs

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys use to hunt for garter snakes?

2. Why do the boys hurry home from the tracks as the sun goes down?

3. What evidence is there that Pharoah is comfortable in a classroom?

4. What is Bird Leg's obsession?

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

(see the answer key)

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