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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jim eventually give a joint to in the winter of 1964?
(a) An older guy who had been in the Army.
(b) Ronnie.
(c) Some older teens hanging out at the basketball court.
(d) His mom.

2. Willie goes to the beach to wash what out of his hair?
(a) Blood.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Soda.
(d) Pizza.

3. What does Jim say the "old cigar chomping Garden regulars" love to see?
(a) Fights break out in the stands.
(b) Bill Russell have a bad game.
(c) Over time.
(d) Players foul out of the game.

4. What do Jim and Ronnie wear to Alexander's department store?
(a) Top hats.
(b) Baggy old coats.
(c) Baseball uniforms.
(d) School uniforms.

5. What does Jim wear to gym class at the park to feel less self-conscious?
(a) Blue jeans.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) A sweat shirt.
(d) A baseball cap.

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

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

8. What does Jim do on the eve of Halloween that leads to a beating?
(a) He breaks his curfew.
(b) He breaks windows.
(c) He gets caught stealing.
(d) He pukes on the new rug.

9. What fake name does Brian give when he purchases codeine?
(a) James Bond.
(b) Bill Russell.
(c) Alexander Pope.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

10. What animal does Jim say exemplifies presence?
(a) Cheetah.
(b) Cow.
(c) Crow.
(d) Chimp.

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

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

13. What does Jim's mother say when he calls her from Tom Miggrello's party?
(a) "You're drunk."
(b) "Who won the game?"
(c) "You really did it this time."
(d) "I'm glad you called."

14. In the spring of 1964, who does Jim describe as a saint?
(a) Father Kenny.
(b) His mom.
(c) Himself.
(d) An old man named Bill.

15. Why does Jim have trouble communicating to one of the police officers who stop him in the park?
(a) Jim is trying to talk to someone else at the same time.
(b) Jim is stoned.
(c) Steve doesn't speak English very well.
(d) There is too much noise for them to hear each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim go after the game against Horace Mann?

2. Jim says, "I just want to be _____ and live in the _____."

3. Why does someone run for Brother Kenneth during Billy's seizure?

4. Why does a chorus of people laugh at Jim on a previous train ride?

5. What does Jim think a requirement seems to be for attending Communist Party meetings?

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