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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What school rule do Jim and his friends frequently break after lunch?
(a) They run in the halls.
(b) They leave campus.
(c) They throw food at each other.
(d) They smoke in the bathroom.

2. What team does Benny Greenbaum invite Jim to join?
(a) The Shooters.
(b) The Knicks.
(c) The Diaper Bandits.
(d) The Flyers.

3. What is Jim interested in asking his mother when he is released from Riker's Island Juvenile Reformatory?
(a) If she is happy.
(b) Who his godparents are.
(c) If she is proud of him.
(d) For some money.

4. How long has Jim been holed up at Headquarters at the end of Summer 66?
(a) A few hours.
(b) Four days.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

5. At the end of the spring 1965, who approaches Jim in a Bronx neighborhood?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A little girl.
(c) A taxi driver.
(d) A drug dealer.

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

7. Where does Jim recover after he leaves the movie theater?
(a) The penny arcade.
(b) A park
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) Home.

8. When does Jim's dad get home from work each day?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

9. Why does Jim proclaim the end of an LSD era?
(a) He ends up at Bellevue.
(b) He has a bad trip.
(c) He gets arrested.
(d) His is going to rehab.

10. What does Jim tell the police officer he is doing, when he is spotted in his school blazer during the day?
(a) Looking for a job.
(b) He was on a field trip but lost his class.
(c) Social work project.
(d) Minding his own business.

11. Where does Jim accompany Brian's Navy friends?
(a) The Statue of Liberty.
(b) Empire State Building.
(c) Yankee Stadium.
(d) Radio City Music Hall.

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

13. What does Jim threaten to do if the person he robs yells for the cops?
(a) Slit his throat.
(b) Run.
(c) Punch him in the gut.
(d) Shoot him.

14. What does Jim forget about as he rolls in the dew in the country?
(a) His friends.
(b) His problems.
(c) His body.
(d) School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim no longer want to attend peace marches?

2. Who does Jimmy Dantone tell Jim is after them?

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

4. What happens at the bar after Jim and his friends order screwdrivers?

5. Who does Jim believe has ratted on him for taking drugs before basketball games?

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