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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim say is growing in this country?
(a) Fear.
(b) Crime.
(c) Pollution.
(d) A peace movement.

2. What is Jim's motivation for getting along with his cousin's friends in Manhattan?
(a) His family is moving to their neighborhood, and he will finish the school year with them.
(b) He believes he can sell stolen goods to them.
(c) His mom will give him money if he makes a new group of friends.
(d) He is trying to impress his cousin.

3. What does Willie do to Jim's soda that offends him?
(a) Sniffs it.
(b) Puts alcohol in it.
(c) Drops it.
(d) Wipes the top before he drinks.

4. What animal does Jim say exemplifies presence?
(a) Cheetah.
(b) Cow.
(c) Chimp.
(d) Crow.

5. What does the newspaper call Jim and his friends?
(a) The Boys Club.
(b) The Diaper Bandits.
(c) The Basketball Gang.
(d) The Bad-Off Junkies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim have a summer job?

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

3. Where does Jim go when he decides to skip school at the start of spring 1965?

4. What does the old lady on the bus tell Jim will happen in a month?

5. What specialty does Jim say crooks on the Lower East Side have in common?

(see the answer key)

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