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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brother G. punish the student in class for cheating?
(a) In front of the class.
(b) In the coat closet.
(c) In the principal's office.
(d) In the hall.

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

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

4. Which friend does not manage to get a seat on the train?
(a) Kevin.
(b) Muffy.
(c) Poo.
(d) Yogi.

5. Who at school does Jim decide to steal from?
(a) The wrestling team.
(b) Ravi.
(c) Mr. principal.
(d) The teachers.

6. Who does Jim see by surprise on the "most crowded corner in the Bronx"?
(a) An ex-girlfriends.
(b) Freddie C. from his old neighborhood.
(c) Two brothers from school.
(d) His parents.

7. Where does Jim go after the game against Horace Mann?
(a) Home.
(b) To the woods.
(c) To a bar.
(d) Headquarters.

8. How does Jim describe the guys in his new neighborhood?
(a) Jocks.
(b) Junkies.
(c) All-American.
(d) Hippies.

9. How does the school nurse solve most ailments, according to Jim?
(a) With aspirin.
(b) With a Band-Aid.
(c) With a nap.
(d) By sending students home.

10. What does the old lady on the bus tell Jim will happen in a month?
(a) She will see her grandchildren.
(b) He will die.
(c) He will fall in love.
(d) The war will end.

11. What is Jim required to do at school once a month?
(a) Give an oral report.
(b) Volunteer work.
(c) Meet with the principal.
(d) Go to confession.

12. What does Melody say about marijuana users?
(a) They do strange things.
(b) They are a waste of time.
(c) They frighten her.
(d) There is a time and a place for what they do.

13. What does Jim tell the cop is the reason he ran when they approached him in the park?
(a) His friends ran.
(b) He broke into the Park.
(c) He stole some basketballs.
(d) He was scared.

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

15. What does Jim call the apartment of Brian and John Browning?
(a) The Place.
(b) Headquarters.
(c) BJB.
(d) The Browning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jim go to Staten Island with?

2. What does Jim bring on the train uptown to break his boredom?

3. How old is Jim, when the story begins?

4. Who does Jim say is a die-hard Marxist?

5. Where does Jim hide while Mr. Bluster looks for students cutting class?

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