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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Jim and his friends tell Danny's mom they got the basketballs they bring home?
(a) At a church bazaar.
(b) At a yard sale.
(c) At a basketball game.
(d) At a thrift store.

2. What is Jim's motivation for getting along with his cousin's friends in Manhattan?
(a) He is trying to impress his cousin.
(b) His mom will give him money if he makes a new group of friends.
(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.

3. What does Jim check the almanac for when he gets home from school?
(a) A horoscope that might indicate how his basketball season will go.
(b) Strange weather patterns over New York City.
(c) Any record of fits tossed in one class of thirty people in one half a school day.
(d) When the next full moon will be.

4. Where do Willie and Jim leave their pipe after their night of smoking and drinking?
(a) They bury it in a hole.
(b) In Willie's attic.
(c) Under some rocks and leaves.
(d) In an abandoned car.

5. Who gets beat in the winter of 1964 for cheating on a religion quiz?
(a) Jim.
(b) Vinnie.
(c) Mikey Benavisti.
(d) Ronnie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Jim and his friends laugh during the giant fire on Second Ave.?

2. What do Jim and friends call the huge rock they jump off of in the Bronx?

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

4. Who does Jim eventually give a joint to in the winter of 1964?

5. Willie goes to the beach to wash what out of his hair?

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