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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jim's motivation for getting along with his cousin's friends in Manhattan?
(a) His mom will give him money if he makes a new group of friends.
(b) He is trying to impress his cousin.
(c) His family is moving to their neighborhood, and he will finish the school year with them.
(d) He believes he can sell stolen goods to them.

2. Why does Jim get three raps across the hand at school?
(a) For putting his elbows on the table at lunch.
(b) For throwing bricks.
(c) For getting a D for effort.
(d) For talking back to a teacher.

3. Who does Jim plan to get drunk with in his new neighborhood?
(a) A few weed-heads.
(b) His cousin Kevin.
(c) A girl next door.
(d) His mom.

4. What does Jim do on the eve of Halloween that leads to a beating?
(a) He pukes on the new rug.
(b) He gets caught stealing.
(c) He breaks his curfew.
(d) He breaks windows.

5. Who does Jim offer a joint to in the winter of 1964?
(a) Some older teens hanging out at the basketball court.
(b) His mom.
(c) A group of homeless men in an alley.
(d) Freddie C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jim required to do at school once a month?

2. What does Jim say his eyes feel like when sniffing cleaning fluid?

3. What does the newspaper call Jim and his friends?

4. What substance does Jim try that he thinks is non-addictive?

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

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