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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a chorus of people laugh at Jim on a previous train ride?
(a) Someone tells him he looks like a girl.
(b) The seat breaks in half when he sits.
(c) He falls out of his seat.
(d) He gets his shirt stuck in the door.

2. In the fall of 1965, what becomes a regular weekend activity for Jim and his friends?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Getting ice cream.
(c) Getting drunk.
(d) Taking LSD.

3. What does Jim say has the same smell as dope cooking?
(a) Cigars.
(b) Church incense.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Old newspapers.

4. What does Jim call himself, in reference to his feelings for older ladies?
(a) Mr. Innocent.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Baby boy.
(d) Bitter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who accompanies Jim to 89th to find a dealer?

3. Why does Jim end up at Riker's Island Juvenile Reformatory?

4. Why does Jim have trouble communicating to one of the police officers who stop him in the park?

5. What does Jim wear to gym class at the park to feel less self-conscious?

(see the answer key)

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