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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. A week after Craig's funeral, what weather condition takes place?

2. How does Craig Davis earn his living?

3. What does Pharoah decide to clean to get out of Lafeyette's way?

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

5. Why does LaJoe want to try and move away from Horner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What hope is inspired in Pharoah as a result of his inclusion in the Upward Bound program at the University of Illinois?

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

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

5. What is it about public defender Anne Rhodes that Lafeyette does not understand?

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

7. What does Rickey do that displeases LaJoe?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using LaJoe, Dawn, and LaShawn as examples, write a paper on the problem of teenage pregnancy. Discuss why it happens and why efforts to prevent teen pregnancies have not been all that successful. Discuss the other problems these young women face after their first child is born. Give your ideas of how the problem might be addressed.

Essay Topic 2

Twenty years after the events in 1989 involving Pharoah and his drive for an education, America elected its first African-American President who, interestingly, got his first job working in the Chicago housing projects. Write an essay about how young people like Pharoah began seeing greater opportunities during the last two decades.

Essay Topic 3

Now that you have read the book, THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE, write a paper about what you now know about the lives of people living in poverty. Why is the gang culture so prevalent in slum areas and ghettos? Discuss whether your attitudes have been altered about people living in poverty.

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