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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim do on the train to Rye to calm his paranoia?
(a) Pretend to read.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Eat a sandwich.
(d) Write in his diary.

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

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

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

5. What game do Sharron and Lou-Lou want to play with Jim and Kenny?
(a) Tag.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Uno.
(d) Doctor.

6. What does the Frank O'Hara poem "Music" remind Jim of?
(a) His friends.
(b) The Plaza Hotel.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Peace marches.

7. What does Jim describe climbing on the walls at Headquarters?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Junkies.
(c) Rats.
(d) Roaches.

8. Who goes with Jim to get food at the hamburger place on 207th St.?
(a) Cal.
(b) Barry.
(c) Butch.
(d) Brian.

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

10. Who does Jim see directing traffic at a six-way intersection?
(a) Moochie.
(b) G-Burger.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Fat Henry.

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

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

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

14. At what point on Jim's trip to Rye, NY does he observe business men with "not a bit of class"?
(a) At a Westchester book store.
(b) On the train.
(c) At a Brooks Brthers store.
(d) When he goes into the bathroom at Grand Central Terminal.

15. Who catches Bobby Blake on a stool at Gussie's Soda Fountain?
(a) Bobby's girlfriend.
(b) Two cops.
(c) Gussie.
(d) Jim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim forget about as he rolls in the dew in the country?

2. Why is there a party for Shlink at headquarters?

3. What school rule do Jim and his friends frequently break after lunch?

4. What one thing does Jim experience with peyote he never experienced with acid?

5. Why do Jim's moves stick out in the championship game?

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