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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Jim suspect the three men in trench coats are narcotics cops, not basketball scouts?
(a) One of their badges falls on the floor.
(b) They have a police car outside.
(c) They look too geeky.
(d) Basketball scouts seldom hang out at the tavern.

3. Why does Jim have trouble communicating to one of the police officers who stop him in the park?
(a) Jim is stoned.
(b) Steve doesn't speak English very well.
(c) Jim is trying to talk to someone else at the same time.
(d) There is too much noise for them to hear each other.

4. What does Jim call the annual Thanksgiving fast at school?
(a) A farce.
(b) A big deal.
(c) A good idea.
(d) An opportunity to bond with classmates.

5. Where does Jim go to get treated for the clap?
(a) The emergency room.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) The Board of Health.
(d) Tony's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What TV show do Willie and Jim make fun of at their party in the woods?

2. What do Jim and friends call the huge rock they jump off of in the Bronx?

3. What does Jim say when asked if he thinks Christ was God?

4. How old is Jim, when the story begins?

5. Who does Jim see by surprise on the "most crowded corner in the Bronx"?

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