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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. Who did LaJoe meet at a dance hall when she was only thirteen, pretending to be sixteen?
(a) Paul
(b) Rickey
(c) Jimmie Lee
(d) Terrance

2. How does Pharoah work on his stutter?
(a) using hand motions
(b) talking very softly
(c) saying the words and letters slowly
(d) tongue twisters

3. Who wants to know if Pharoah's cousin Dede will go out with him?
(a) Rickey
(b) Calvin
(c) James Howard
(d) Jimmie Lee

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Lafeyette's attitude toward Rickey changed?

2. What is the nickname of the child Terrance fathered at age fourteen?

3. What happens to LaJoe at the welfare meeting?

4. What solidifies the friendship between Rickey and Pharoah?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lafeyette's academic qualities.

3. How does the teacher's strike of 1988 affect Pharoah?

4. What is LaJoe's expectations for Pharoah?

5. Describe how the eight-year-old Urica testifies at a murder trial.

6. Describe the emotions of the project boys and the train passengers as a train passes while the boys search for snakes.

7. What is the evidence the police collected against Jimmie Lee?

8. Describe the severity of Pharoah's speech impediment.

9. How is the character of Pharoah developed in the story by how he cannot lie to LaJoe?

10. Point out the contradictions in the character of Jimmie Lee.

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