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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim play on a league out of his age range?
(a) Jim does not know his real age.
(b) The coach gives him a fake birth certificate.
(c) His position on the team is based on his skills.
(d) Jim's birthday is close enought to the cut-off date.

2. How does Jim know Steve Malone?
(a) They are neighbors.
(b) They play on the same basketball courts.
(c) Steve was his little league coach.
(d) Steve is a friend of the family.

3. What specialty does Jim say crooks on the Lower East Side have in common?
(a) Shoplifting.
(b) Snatching handbags off ladies.
(c) Being sneaky.
(d) Breaking into cars.

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

5. Who does Jim's team play in the first game of the season?
(a) St. Mary's.
(b) St. Patrick's.
(c) St. Hilda's.
(d) St. Luke's.

6. Why does Jim punch Larry out in the school trophy room?
(a) Larry insists he was reading Time magazine first.
(b) Larry dares him to do it.
(c) Larry trips him.
(d) Larry makes fun of his hair.

7. Who does Jim offer a joint to in the winter of 1964?
(a) Some older teens hanging out at the basketball court.
(b) Freddie C.
(c) His mom.
(d) A group of homeless men in an alley.

8. What does the newspaper call Jim and his friends?
(a) The Diaper Bandits.
(b) The Boys Club.
(c) The Basketball Gang.
(d) The Bad-Off Junkies.

9. Where does Jim hide while Mr. Bluster looks for students cutting class?
(a) In a locker.
(b) In a bathroom stall.
(c) Behind a bush.
(d) In a storage closet.

10. Why doesn't Mr. Doolittle give Jim any trouble for breaking rules in gym class?
(a) Mr. Doolittle does not notice when students break rules.
(b) Mr. Doolittle is the basketball coach.
(c) Mr. Doolittle is afraid of him.
(d) Mr. Doolittle has given up on Jim.

11. What is Jim's motivation for getting along with his cousin's friends in Manhattan?
(a) He believes he can sell stolen goods to them.
(b) His family is moving to their neighborhood, and he will finish the school year with them.
(c) He is trying to impress his cousin.
(d) His mom will give him money if he makes a new group of friends.

12. Who stands up for Pedro about the teasing from Herbie about his parents?
(a) Jim.
(b) Pedro's parents.
(c) Tony.
(d) Pedro's big brother.

13. What does Jim do after History classes on his first day of school?
(a) He watches the football team work out.
(b) He smokes in the locker room.
(c) He writes in his diary.
(d) He leaves school.

14. Where does Jim to to attend a Communist Party meeting with Bunty?
(a) The Boys' Club.
(b) Bunty's house.
(c) Yankee Stadium.
(d) Webster Hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim go with his friends Kevin, Dolan, Yogi, Muffy, and Nardo Poo?

2. What does Jim consume to make the trip to Long Island to see Fat Eddie bearable?

3. What does Melody say about marijuana users?

4. What do Jim and Ronnie wear to Alexander's department store?

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

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