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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Pharoah do in his secret place?

2. Why does LaJoe hope that Dawn is successful?

3. What does the young man do with Lafeyette?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain what happens to Bird Leg.

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

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

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

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

7. Explain the friendship between Pharoah and Rickey.

8. How does LaJoe's house become overcrowded?

9. Describe Pharoah's problem that gets him eliminated from the spelling bee.

10. Describe Lafeyette's academic qualities.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about political and criminal abuse of the poor, the uneducated, and the elderly. Explain why these people are so vulnerable to scams and oppression. Compare the scam artists who bilked LaJoe out of her deposit money for a new house to the corrupt politicians who allowed the projects to fall victim of disrepair and lawlessness. Include examples of whole political systems which allow starvation and genocide to go on among their people.

Essay Topic 2

When faced with the prospect of going to prison for a crime he did not commit, Terrence participated in an armed robbery with the attitude that he might as well commit the crime he had been accused of. Write a paper on the possibility of false imprisonment in the judicial system. Explain why it is possible and what makes it seem to happen so often.

Essay Topic 3

Write a critique of THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE. Discuss such things as the objectivity of the author, the examples he uses in the book, and what you think his purpose was in writing the book. Be sure to include your evaluation of the value in reading the book.

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