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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who confronts Brother G. about his punishment in class?
(a) Brother Kenneth.
(b) Vinnie.
(c) Mikey.
(d) Jim.

3. How does Jim describe the guys in his new neighborhood?
(a) Hippies.
(b) Junkies.
(c) All-American.
(d) Jocks.

4. Where does Jim have a summer job?
(a) At school.
(b) At Central Park.
(c) At the Boys' Club.
(d) At Yankee Stadium.

5. What does Jim call the apartment of Brian and John Browning?
(a) BJB.
(b) Headquarters.
(c) The Browning.
(d) The Place.

6. Who stands up for Pedro about the teasing from Herbie about his parents?
(a) Pedro's parents.
(b) Pedro's big brother.
(c) Tony.
(d) Jim.

7. Where do Willie and Jim leave their pipe after their night of smoking and drinking?
(a) They bury it in a hole.
(b) Under some rocks and leaves.
(c) In Willie's attic.
(d) In an abandoned car.

8. Who gets upset when Jim answers questions in class with, "Yah," instead of, "Yes, sir?"
(a) Fat Eddie.
(b) Mr. Belt.
(c) Mr. Brothers.
(d) Eggie Blaumgarden.

9. What does Jim do on the eve of Halloween that leads to a beating?
(a) He pukes on the new rug.
(b) He breaks windows.
(c) He gets caught stealing.
(d) He breaks his curfew.

10. What fake name does Brian give when he purchases codeine?
(a) Alexander Pope.
(b) Bill Russell.
(c) James Bond.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

11. Who does Fat Eddie introduce Jim to when he arrives at his house?
(a) Winkie and Blinkie.
(b) His neighbor, Hal.
(c) His cat, Cheetah.
(d) His parents.

12. What does Jim wear to gym class at the park to feel less self-conscious?
(a) Blue jeans.
(b) A baseball cap.
(c) A sweat shirt.
(d) Sunglasses.

13. Who does Jim offer a joint to in the winter of 1964?
(a) Freddie C.
(b) Some older teens hanging out at the basketball court.
(c) A group of homeless men in an alley.
(d) His mom.

14. How does Jim know Steve Malone?
(a) They play on the same basketball courts.
(b) They are neighbors.
(c) Steve is a friend of the family.
(d) Steve was his little league coach.

15. Where does Jim's basketball team go for the play-off series?
(a) Long Beach.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) The lower east side.
(d) Harlem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melody say about marijuana users?

2. Who at school does Jim decide to steal from?

3. What substance does Jim try that he thinks is non-addictive?

4. What is Jim's motivation for getting along with his cousin's friends in Manhattan?

5. In the fall of 1964, what old friend of Jim's dies?

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