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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fat Eddie introduce Jim to when he arrives at his house?
(a) Winkie and Blinkie.
(b) His parents.
(c) His neighbor, Hal.
(d) His cat, Cheetah.

2. Who applauds for Jim after he jumps into the Harlem River?
(a) Sightseers on a boat.
(b) Danny and John.
(c) Fat Eddie.
(d) Some girls swimming nearby.

3. What does Jim bring on the train uptown to break his boredom?
(a) A sports magazine.
(b) A deck of cards.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A novel.

4. 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) Any record of fits tossed in one class of thirty people in one half a school day.
(c) When the next full moon will be.
(d) Strange weather patterns over New York City.

5. What do Jim and his friends use to attack girls on the eve of Halloween?
(a) Baseball bats.
(b) Balloons.
(c) Socks with flour.
(d) Tomatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim's mother say when he calls her from Tom Miggrello's party?

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

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

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

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

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