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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. Who does Jim plan to get drunk with in his new neighborhood?

2. Why does Jim call Chris the "spiller"?

3. What does Jim tell the cop is the reason he ran when they approached him in the park?

4. How does Jim play on a league out of his age range?

5. When does Jim say his parents go to church?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jim say he never liked Bobo from the old Boys' Club bunch?

3. In the winter of 1964, how does Jim try to prove he is not hooked onmarijuana?

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

5. Why does Jim think Melody, his blind date, is strange?

6. Why does Jim call local trains lousy transit?

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

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

9. Why does Jim dread returning to a Catholic school?

10. Describe Jim's behavior after he smokes a joint with the old Army vet.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Jim's interactions with people of other cultures. How does he get along with them? What conflicts does he have? What type of language does he use to describe them?

Essay Topic 2

How is Jim a loyal friend? What decisions does he make that show this quality?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Jim want to return to public school? How is his Catholic school different than a public school? How is it similar?

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