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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. During the party, what does Dawn come running in to warn about?
(a) gang activity going on in the next building
(b) a police raid in the neighborhood
(c) a fire in the next building
(d) a riot in the streets

2. What are they all talking abut when Pharoah runs home to tell about his win?
(a) about the plumbing
(b) about Leila Mae's accident
(c) about Craig's death
(d) about the weather

3. Why does Lafeyette drop out of Providence-St. Mel?
(a) because he finds the work too challenging
(b) because he misses his public school friends
(c) because he is ashamed of his clothes
(d) because the Horner boys make fun of him

4. Why does Vince Lane not start right away to clean up the basements?
(a) There isn't enough funding available.
(b) He doesn't see it as a major problem.
(c) The gangs issue death threats.
(d) He needs federal government approval.

5. Who are Francis Higgins and Richard Marianos?
(a) teachers at Pharoah's school
(b) gun dealers
(c) two white police officers
(d) drug enforcement officers

Short Answer Questions

1. What can LaJoe not get a gang to stop doing near her house?

2. Who do they meet on the way and invite to join them?

3. Where is Pharoah going during the summer of 1989?

4. Where do Lafeyette and Pharoah get accepted?

5. What has changed about Lafeyette?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pharoah react to his visit to the courtroom?

2. Why is Lafeyette put in charge of the children and what is his behavior like?

3. What improvements are made to the apartment in the summer of 1989?

4. Describe Lafeyette's frame of mind at Craig's funeral.

5. Why does Pharoah stay up all night on December 30th?

6. Describe the conflict between Lafeyette and Paul over the puppy Rickey gave him.

7. Describe what Pharoah sees as the boys are eating their food outside the Main Street hot dog stand.

8. How does Pharoah prepare for the next spelling bee?

9. Why does LaJoe's mother move out and how do the boys feel about her moving?

10. What is the unfortunate coincidence involving Craig Davis and the police?

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