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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 does Pharoah see that makes him stutter again?

2. What are some of the problems at the Chicago Housing Authority?

3. Under what condition will the truck owner drop the charges against the five boys?

4. What was the result of Lafeyette's fall down some stairs?

5. Why is Pharoah worried that even if he achieves a high school diploma, he will not be able to get out of the projects?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pharoah and Lafeyette happen to run into Rickey on their way for a treat?

2. Why do LaJoe and Lafeyette back off from trying to stop the beating of a man by some Horner gang members?

3. Who is Vince Lane and what does he hope to accomplish?

4. Describe Lafeyette's brush with the law that gets him arrested.

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

6. How has Lafeyette's behavior changed since Craig's funeral?

7. When Pharoah and Porkchop go to visit Dawn, what is her condition?

8. What does Gwen Anderson tell the CHA about the basement?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on social welfare systems in America. Give a balanced view, expressing the ways in which it certainly has helped a number of people. On the other hand, mention its inadequacies and offer suggestions about how it might be improved.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the subject of experience and education. Start with Pharoah who knew from reading that there is supposed to be gold or leprechauns at the end of a rainbow but had never seen one. Discuss in your paper how book study and experience are both part of becoming educated.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper on uniforms in gangs. Use Kotlowitz's description of the uniform identities of the Vice Lords. Compare that to uniforms adopted by schools, social institutions, and the military. Explain to what extent the purpose of the uniform is the same and to what extent it is different in these various organization.

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