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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary and Analysis For Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Alfred supposed to be going in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The police station.
(b) School.
(c) The library.
(d) The movies.

2. Where does Alfred go for an escape in Chapter 12?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The boardwalk.
(c) Times Square.
(d) A movie theater.

3. What caused the limp that Henry has in the novel?
(a) Polio.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Syphillis.
(d) Smallpox.

4. When the fight begins in Chapter 7, who is obviously a crowd favorite?
(a) Mr. Donatelli.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Bud.
(d) Willie Streeter.

5. There are three people on Alfred's stoop when he arrives home in Chapter 7. Who are they?
(a) Mr. Donatelli, Denny, and Bud.
(b) James, Henry, and Sonny.
(c) Major, Sonny, and Hollis.
(d) Mr. Donatelli, Bud, and James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Robert Lipsyte's mother hold?

2. Whom does Alfred wish would run with him in the mornings in Chapter 10?

3. To whose home does Alfred go to rest before the fight in Chapter 14?

4. Where did Robert Lipsyte grow up?

5. What refers to an act that looks appealing to an individual?

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