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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Jim and his friends tell Danny's mom they got the basketballs they bring home?
(a) At a yard sale.
(b) At a basketball game.
(c) At a thrift store.
(d) At a church bazaar.

3. Why do Jim and his friends laugh during the giant fire on Second Ave.?
(a) Jim has just tripped.
(b) There is a clown running down the street.
(c) The pizza man is on his knees begging the firefighters not to break his windows.
(d) They are telling jokes about the basketball coach.

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

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

6. How does Chris explain Willie's injury to the police officer who stops them?
(a) He says they found him that way.
(b) He says it was a sledding accident.
(c) He says he fell down some stairs.
(d) He says he was attacked by a dog.

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

8. Where does Jim hide while Mr. Bluster looks for students cutting class?
(a) In a storage closet.
(b) Behind a bush.
(c) In a bathroom stall.
(d) In a locker.

9. Who finds Jim's nickel bag of marijuana?
(a) Mikey.
(b) Brother G.
(c) Jim's mom.
(d) Jim's dad.

10. What does Jim ask his mom for that makes her angry?
(a) $5.
(b) To make him dinner.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Tickets to a baseball game.

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

12. Where does Jim go with his friends Kevin, Dolan, Yogi, Muffy, and Nardo Poo?
(a) A party.
(b) Ice skating.
(c) A Knicks game.
(d) A movie.

13. Where does Jim take his blind date, Melody?
(a) Back to his place.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To a coffee shop.
(d) To a basketball game.

14. What do Jim and his team want to do after their victory at Riverdale?
(a) Break into an ice cream shop.
(b) Get drunk, do reefer, and sniff glue.
(c) Play a prank on Riverdale.
(d) Start a fight with some Riverdale fans.

15. Where does Jim go after the game against Horace Mann?
(a) Home.
(b) To the woods.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) To a bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the spring of 1964, where does Jim spend summer nights alone?

2. What does Melody say about marijuana users?

3. Who does Jim say is a die-hard Marxist?

4. Where do Willie and Jim leave their pipe after their night of smoking and drinking?

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

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