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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) Strange weather patterns over New York City.
(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) When the next full moon will be.

2. Where does Brother G. punish the student in class for cheating?
(a) In the coat closet.
(b) In the principal's office.
(c) In front of the class.
(d) In the hall.

3. Where is Brother G. reported to be when he doesn't return to school?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Ithaca.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Long Island.

4. In the spring of 1964, where does Jim spend summer nights alone?
(a) On his roof.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) In the woods.
(d) At headquarters.

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

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

7. What does Jim say Melody looks like?
(a) A model.
(b) A movie star.
(c) A bad dream.
(d) An antique doll.

8. Who applauds for Jim after he jumps into the Harlem River?
(a) Sightseers on a boat.
(b) Fat Eddie.
(c) Danny and John.
(d) Some girls swimming nearby.

9. What is Jim required to do at school once a month?
(a) Give an oral report.
(b) Go to confession.
(c) Meet with the principal.
(d) Volunteer work.

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

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

12. What do Jim and Ronnie wear to Alexander's department store?
(a) Top hats.
(b) Baseball uniforms.
(c) Baggy old coats.
(d) School uniforms.

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

14. What does Jim say the "old cigar chomping Garden regulars" love to see?
(a) Over time.
(b) Fights break out in the stands.
(c) Players foul out of the game.
(d) Bill Russell have a bad game.

15. Why does someone run for Brother Kenneth during Billy's seizure?
(a) He is the school nurse.
(b) He is used to handling them.
(c) He will say a prayer for him.
(d) He is related to Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jim's team play in the first game of the season?

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

3. What does Melody say about marijuana users?

4. Why does Jim punch Larry out in the school trophy room?

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

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