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

2. Why do Lafeyette and Rickey refuse to take Pharoah back to the railroad tracks?
(a) they have lost their interest in finding snakes
(b) they think they are too old to play there anymore
(c) they think Pharoah is too young to hang out with
(d) more rumors spread about the dangers in the area

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

4. What accusation is brought against LaJoe?
(a) welfare fraud
(b) child abuse
(c) drug dealing
(d) gambling

5. How does James say they will all die?
(a) by killing or plain out
(b) old age
(c) cancer
(d) in a car wreck

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?

3. What type of person is Rickey?

4. Why does Pharoah love school?

5. What do the children call the Henry Horner Homes?

(see the answer key)

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