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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the school nurse solve most ailments, according to Jim?
(a) By sending students home.
(b) With a Band-Aid.
(c) With aspirin.
(d) With a nap.

2. What does Jim bring on the train uptown to break his boredom?
(a) A deck of cards.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A sports magazine.
(d) A novel.

3. What does Jim say his eyes feel like when sniffing cleaning fluid?
(a) A roaring fire.
(b) Needles.
(c) A cloud.
(d) Bowling balls.

4. Who does Jim plan to get drunk with in his new neighborhood?
(a) His cousin Kevin.
(b) A few weed-heads.
(c) A girl next door.
(d) His mom.

5. What does Jim check the almanac for when he gets home from school?
(a) When the next full moon will be.
(b) A horoscope that might indicate how his basketball season will go.
(c) Any record of fits tossed in one class of thirty people in one half a school day.
(d) Strange weather patterns over New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim describe the guys in his new neighborhood?

2. Who confronts Brother G. about his punishment in class?

3. What does Jim ask his mom for that makes her angry?

4. Why does someone run for Brother Kenneth during Billy's seizure?

5. What do Jim and his friends use to attack girls on the eve of Halloween?

(see the answer key)

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