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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1988, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is eight-year-old Urica Winder in court?
(a) as a shoplifter
(b) as a witness to murder
(c) as a front for a gang
(d) as a child prostitute

2. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?
(a) She is taken to the hospital.
(b) She is taken to jail.
(c) Her children are removed.
(d) Her benefits are cut off.

3. What happened to LaJoe's older sister?
(a) She was murdered.
(b) She got bone cancer and died.
(c) She got pregnant and ran away.
(d) She became a prostitute.

4. What do Lafeyette and Pharoah want from Terrence?
(a) a promise he will not come home
(b) the key to his foot locker
(c) the name of his gang leader
(d) him to come home

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Pharoah a headache at the jail?

2. What prison sentence was given to Jimmie Lee?

3. What did a friend do for the family?

4. What had happened to Urica after her mother, her four-year-old sister, and her mother's boyfriend were killed?

5. Who wants to know if Pharoah's cousin Dede will go out with him?

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