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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have the stadium's owners, the Wirz family, changed the character of the neighborhood?
(a) by planting trees and flowers in the neighborhood
(b) by putting up youth facilities
(c) by helping homeowners paint their houses
(d) by bulldozing homes for parking lots

2. Why does LaJoe hope that Dawn is successful?
(a) so her children can see the benefits of a diploma
(b) so Pharoah can do even better than Dawn
(c) so she won't come begging for help
(d) so she can reform Terrance

3. What makes Pharoah feel uncomfortable on Chicago Avenue?
(a) People look at them as dirty Horner boys.
(b) The traffic scares him when they cross the street.
(c) Too many policemen are walking around.
(d) The boys talk about shoplifting.

4. What does Pharoah bury outside the projects?
(a) his homework
(b) a dead cat
(c) a crowbar
(d) two goldfish

5. Why will Jimmie Lee not let Horner project boys join his gang and even warns them to stay away from drugs and gangs?
(a) because they are too young
(b) because the Horner boys are too undernourished
(c) because he only uses boys from other projects
(d) because of his love for children

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Urica live after her mother and sister were murdered?

3. Who is the one person with whom Pharoah is comfortable?

4. Why do the police take the boys close to their home and drop them off with a stern warning?

5. Bird Leg's cousin, Rickey, is full of rage. Why?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens to Bird Leg.

2. When Lafeyette is caught shoplifting, how does LaJoe react?

3. Describe the relationship between LaJoe and her husband, Paul.

4. What is the quality of Henry Suder Elementary School?

5. How does a policeman treat Lafeyette in the stadium parking lot?

6. Explain why LaJoe believes Terrence is innocent when she visits him in Cook County Jail.

7. What is the accusation the local welfare office caseworkers bring against LaJoe?

8. Describe LaJoe in one or two sentences.

9. How do the boys sometimes make money?

10. Explain the obsession Calvin Robinson has that Lafeyette finds interesting.

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