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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Melody say about marijuana users?
(a) They are a waste of time.
(b) There is a time and a place for what they do.
(c) They do strange things.
(d) They frighten her.

2. Why does Jim punch Larry out in the school trophy room?
(a) Larry dares him to do it.
(b) Larry makes fun of his hair.
(c) Larry trips him.
(d) Larry insists he was reading Time magazine first.

3. What TV show do Willie and Jim make fun of at their party in the woods?
(a) Superman.
(b) The Galloping Gourmet.
(c) The Addams Family.
(d) The Lone Ranger.

4. Who does Jim plan to get drunk with in his new neighborhood?
(a) His mom.
(b) His cousin Kevin.
(c) A few weed-heads.
(d) A girl next door.

5. Why does Jim call Chris the "spiller"?
(a) Chris's last name rhymes with "spiller."
(b) Chris knocks things over when he is drunk.
(c) Chris pretends to be drunk but pours out most of the drinks.
(d) Everyone else calls him that.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim hide while Mr. Bluster looks for students cutting class?

2. Who stops Jim in the bushes at Central Park?

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

4. What does Jim bring on the train uptown to break his boredom?

5. What do Jim and his friends have to buy at the all-night deli for their morning sandwiches?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are does Jim say his dad does everyday when he comes home from work?

2. What does Jim say is the advantage of going to a private school?

3. Describe the plan Jim's friends execute to deter cops from driving on the paths at the park.

4. Why do Jim and some of his teammates draw pills out of a hat before the game at Horace Mann?

5. How does Jim's dad respond when he tells him how the government suppresses the proletariat?

6. Compare Jim's basketball team to the team at Riverdale High.

7. Why does Jim say he and his friends are not really breaking into the park to steal basketballs?

8. What event makes Jim wonder where his life is heading?

9. How does Jim end up playing on a new team at the summer league championship game?

10. Why do the junkies in the tavern start ordering beer after the cops arrive?

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