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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jim's basketball team go for the play-off series?
(a) Long Beach.
(b) The lower east side.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Brooklyn.

2. When does Jim say his parents go to church?
(a) When they are invited to weddings.
(b) Every Sunday.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

3. Where does Jim have a summer job?
(a) At Yankee Stadium.
(b) At the Boys' Club.
(c) At Central Park.
(d) At school.

4. What do Jim and friends call the huge rock they jump off of in the Bronx?
(a) Climbey.
(b) Big time.
(c) The huge rock.
(d) The cut.

5. Where does Jim take his blind date, Melody?
(a) To a coffee shop.
(b) To a basketball game.
(c) Back to his place.
(d) To the movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stops Jim in the bushes at Central Park?

2. In the fall of 1963, who is the neighbor taken away for mental health problems?

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

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

5. Who gets upset when Jim answers questions in class with, "Yah," instead of, "Yes, sir?"

(see the answer key)

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