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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place does Jim describe as the friendly neighborhood tavern?
(a) The Bottle of Sunshine.
(b) The Bucket of Blood.
(c) Baby Joey's Bar.
(d) The Longshoreman.

2. Why is there a party for Shlink at headquarters?
(a) It is his birthday.
(b) He is going into the army.
(c) He is going to be a father.
(d) He is moving away.

3. What does Jim steal from the back of a truck in the summer of 1966?
(a) Pocket combs.
(b) Knives.
(c) Wallets.
(d) Wheaties.

4. Where does Frank Pinewater's mother take him in hopes of curing his drug habit?
(a) High Mass.
(b) The emergency room.
(c) To the desert.
(d) The Boys' Club.

5. At the end of the diary, what does Jim say he just wants to be?
(a) A writer.
(b) Alive.
(c) Pure.
(d) Different.

6. Why does Joe Slapstick tell Jim he should run the offense?
(a) Because Porter is too dumb.
(b) Because Porter lost his voice.
(c) Because he would make a good coach.
(d) Because he is the team captain.

7. Why does Jim end up at Riker's Island Juvenile Reformatory?
(a) For a part-time job.
(b) For possessing drugs.
(c) For a journalism assignment.
(d) To visit a friend.

8. Who does Jimmy Dantone tell Jim is after them?
(a) Parents of a kid they corrupted.
(b) Jimmy's grandmother.
(c) The cops.
(d) Some guys they sold phony acid to.

9. As he nears his 15th birthday, why does Jim start feeling that he should quit drugs?
(a) He can no longer afford a habit.
(b) He wants to please his parents.
(c) He is hoping to get a basketball scholarship.
(d) School is starting soon.

10. What does everyone at headquarters chip in to buy after Willie Bender's death?
(a) A pizza.
(b) A wreath.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

11. What does Jim say when asked if he thinks Christ was God?
(a) "No."
(b) "Yep."
(c) "I guess not."
(d) "Do you?"

12. What does Jim observe in the country to decide if they are friendly or evil?
(a) Trees.
(b) Students.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Dogs.

13. What does Jim suggest as an alternative to speeches at the marches?
(a) Having debates.
(b) Flinging bricks.
(c) Singing songs.
(d) Dancing.

14. What do Jim and Al Dolan steal from the American Legion Post on 207th St.?
(a) Basketballs.
(b) Office supplies.
(c) Raffle books.
(d) Folding chairs.

15. What does each person Jim meets at Blimpie's sandwich shop ask him?
(a) What he does.
(b) How old he is.
(c) What he is eating.
(d) Who his favorite writer is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim think about more than Karl Marx?

2. What does Jim say will go up in smoke every time a page in his future book gets turned?

3. Who beats Jim up at the Bucket of Blood?

4. What does Jim call himself, in reference to his feelings for older ladies?

5. What does Bobby Blake give away on the street that draws a crowd?

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