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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Jim and his friends use to attack girls on the eve of Halloween?
2. What does Jim's mother say when he calls her from Tom Miggrello's party?
3. Who does Jim offer a joint to in the winter of 1964?
4. What does Jim call the annual Thanksgiving fast at school?
5. Who does Jim talk to about what he learns at the Communist Party meeting?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Jim's performance in the basketball game he plays in New Jersey.
2. Describe the plan Jim's friends execute to deter cops from driving on the paths at the park.
3. Why doesn't Jim like walking to gym class in Central Park?
4. In the winter of 1964, how does Jim try to prove he is not hooked onmarijuana?
5. How does Jim's dad respond when he tells him how the government suppresses the proletariat?
6. How do both teams win the summer league championship game?
7. Why does Jim say he and his friends are not really breaking into the park to steal basketballs?
8. Why does Jim believe Sloppy Eddie and Willie Appleears are able to steal milk and bread from the Grand Union?
9. Why does Jim suspect his family receives the Catholic News?
10. Why does Jim say he never liked Bobo from the old Boys' Club bunch?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do Jim and his friends show respect for each other? Give an example from the text of one person reaching out to help another.
Essay Topic 2
How does being an athlete help Jim fit in? How does a good reputation as an athlete create opportunities for Jim?
Essay Topic 3
Why is Jim unwilling to hustle at Yankee Stadium, when he hustles on the street? Discuss the skills he uses in both of these worlds.
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