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

2. When does Jim say his parents go to church?
(a) Christmas.
(b) When they are invited to weddings.
(c) Easter.
(d) Every Sunday.

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

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

5. What do Jim and his friends have to buy at the all-night deli for their morning sandwiches?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Bread.
(c) Baloney.
(d) Cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old lady on the bus tell Jim will happen in a month?

2. Who gets upset when Jim answers questions in class with, "Yah," instead of, "Yes, sir?"

3. How does Chris explain Willie's injury to the police officer who stops them?

4. Why does Jim have trouble communicating to one of the police officers who stop him in the park?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the passersby responding to Freddie C., who is exposing himself, in the Bronx?

2. Why does Jim think the Thanksgiving fast is a bad idea?

3. Why isn't Jim going to tell anyone he was in a baby powder commercial?

4. Why does Jim run out of the theater during the movie?

5. What theory about paying for food do Jim and his friends share while stoned?

6. Why does Jim call local trains lousy transit?

7. Why is Jim banned for the year from the dorm at NYU?

8. Why is Jim embarrassed during the game against St. Hilda's?

9. Why does Jim feel Gums's family is being dramatic about him leaving for the Army?

10. Why doesn't Ju-Ju think Jim can pass as his son?

(see the answer keys)

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