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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim say his eyes feel like when sniffing cleaning fluid?
(a) A roaring fire.
(b) Bowling balls.
(c) A cloud.
(d) Needles.

2. Why does Jim stay after school until 4:30 on the day of his friend's wake?
(a) He is waiting for a ride home.
(b) He has to clean desks for cutting class.
(c) He joins the math club.
(d) There is a meeting for the basketball team.

3. What age does Jim recall that keeps returning to him one day in the summer 1965?
(a) When he was nine.
(b) When he was twelve.
(c) When he was three.
(d) When he was six.

4. Why do Jim and his friends laugh during the giant fire on Second Ave.?
(a) The pizza man is on his knees begging the firefighters not to break his windows.
(b) Jim has just tripped.
(c) They are telling jokes about the basketball coach.
(d) There is a clown running down the street.

5. Who does Jim say was gunned down at a ballroom near 163rd?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Wilt Chamberlain.
(c) James Bond.
(d) Abe Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim check the almanac for when he gets home from school?

2. Where does Jim have a summer job?

3. Who does Jim hang out with in Horn & Hardart's?

4. Why does Jim get three raps across the hand at school?

5. How does the school nurse solve most ailments, according to Jim?

(see the answer key)

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