QUESTIONS - MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ

1. The railroad tracks are for Pharoah

a. only a place to catch snakes .
b. a place that represents respite from his life.
c. a place to see all of the city of Chicago.

2. The children call their home

a. Horners.
b. jects.
c. hell-hole.

3. Pharoah doesn't like to play ball with other kids at Horner,

a. he's afraid they'll beat him up.
b. he'd rather read or clean house.
c. he thinks they'll make him join a gang.

4. Jimmie Lee ruled Horner by more than fear. He also ruled by

a. being a positive force.
b. torturing the residents.
c. blackmail.

5. Bird Leg died when he

a. went after young Disciples who taunted him.
b. drew a gun on Willie Elliott.
c. challenged two Vice Lords.

6. LaJoe believes Terence when he says he didn't vandalize the car, because

a. she was with him when the crime went down.
b. he only ever declared his innocence once before and he was.
c. Lafeyette saw him on the corner the night it happened.

7. Craig Davis is a role model for the younger children, because

a. he plays music for the community.
b. he graduated from high school.
c. he has power with the Vice Lords.

8. Rickey's mother says about her son

a. that he is misunderstood.
b. that he is just lazy and needs a boot to the backside.
c. that he will either kill someone or be killed.

9. The children go to the stadium to earn spending money by

a. telling white people they'll clean their windshields.
b. telling white people they'll guard their cars.
c. telling white people they'll sell them souvenirs.

10. Pharoah is determined to succeed at

a. raising his reading score.
b. earning a scholarship to a summer camp.
c. winning or coming in second at the spelling bee.

11. Pharoah's second place in the spelling bee is forgotten, because

a. Scooter Russell is killed.
b. Craig Davis is killed.
c. Rickey is killed.

12. Vincent Lane was an unusual man, because

a. he wanted to help the residents of Horner.
b. he was killed while working in the projects.
c. he had no desire to run for public office.

13. Dawn Anderson is a role model to the children, because

a. she graduated from high school.
b. she plays music for the community.
c. she has a good job.

14. Lafeyette is arrested because

a. he vandalized a Toyota.
b. he saw a Toyota being vandalized.
c. he happened to be walking by when a Toyota was vandalized.

15. One day, the children see something they've never seen before--

a. a white person
b. a rainbow
c. an expensive car owned by a neighbor