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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once he leaves the bar, what does Rusty-James do to get home faster?
(a) He jogs home.
(b) He hails a cab.
(c) He takes short cuts through alleys.
(d) He steals a car.

2. Why does Rusty-James say Steve is his best friend?
(a) Steve is rich.
(b) Steve is smart.
(c) He does not have to pretend to be the toughest cat in town with Steve.
(d) Steve needs him.

3. What does Steve fear while watching the movie?
(a) A police raid.
(b) Passing out from the alcohol.
(c) Getting hurt.
(d) Getting kicked out.

4. Who does Rusty-James want to see from the front booth?
(a) Coach Ryan.
(b) Patty.
(c) Motorcycle Boy.
(d) Steve.

5. At Benny's, who does Rusty-James ask to step outside to talk?
(a) Smokey.
(b) B.J.
(c) Patty.
(d) Midget.

6. What does Motorcycle Boy tell Rusty-James scares him about their mother?
(a) That she loves him.
(b) That Rusty-James' mother is alive in California.
(c) That she will hurt him.
(d) That she will go away again.

7. Where do Motorcycle Boy and Rusty-James go after they cross the bridge?
(a) Into the country.
(b) Into the city.
(c) Into the river's waters.
(d) Into the school.

8. What happens to Rusty-James when he discovers Motorcycle Boy is dead?
(a) He screams.
(b) The world loses color and sound.
(c) He faints.
(d) He fights.

9. What happens to Rusty-James after he tells the doctor he is not going to the hospital?
(a) He starts to bleed.
(b) Everything turns gray and a ringing starts in his ears.
(c) He goes anyway.
(d) He passes out.

10. Who subs at Rusty-James ' school?
(a) Coach Ryan.
(b) Weston McCauley.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) His father.

11. While on the beach, to what does Rusty-James listen as Steve talks?
(a) The ocean waves.
(b) The birds.
(c) People talking.
(d) Boats zipping by.

12. What does Steve do when he notices what is playing on the screen at the movie?
(a) He throws up.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He grins.
(d) He runs out.

13. Who is with Motorcycle Boy when he leaves his apartment and breaks in?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Rusty-James.
(c) Midget.
(d) B.J.

14. At what age does Motorcycle Boy stop being a little kid?
(a) 10.
(b) 18.
(c) 5.
(d) 13.

15. After leaving the pet store, what does Motorcycle Boy do when he and Rusty-James get home?
(a) He yells at Rusty-James.
(b) He goes to sleep.
(c) He reads.
(d) He eats dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rusty-James and Steve wake up after passing out at the bar, who has left them?

2. To what is Motorcycle Boy referring when he says, "...is like a beautiful wild kid on heroin, high as a kite and thinking she's on top of the world, not knowing she's dying, not believing it even if you show her the marks."

3. In what does Steve believe?

4. Why does Rusty-James' mother marry his father?

5. Who steps out of the darkness with a tire iron?

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