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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bobby Blake get into Gussie's Soda Fountain?
(a) He climbs through a back window.
(b) He pays someone to let him in.
(c) He throws an old refrigerator door in the glass door.
(d) He has a key.

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

3. Who accompanies Jim to 89th to find a dealer?
(a) Marc.
(b) David Lang.
(c) Anton Neutron.
(d) Bobby Blake.

4. Why do Jim's moves stick out in the championship game?
(a) The girls cheer whenever he has the ball.
(b) He is the only white player on the court.
(c) He is clowning around.
(d) He does not know the team's plays.

5. What does Jim call himself, in reference to his feelings for older ladies?
(a) Mr. Innocent.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Baby boy.

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

7. Who does Jim hang out with in Horn & Hardart's?
(a) A waitress.
(b) A drag queen.
(c) The junkies.
(d) The police.

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

9. In the fall of 1965, what becomes a regular weekend activity for Jim and his friends?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Getting drunk.
(c) Taking LSD.
(d) Getting ice cream.

10. How much time did Jim spend at Riker's Island?
(a) A month.
(b) Three months.
(c) A year.
(d) Six months.

11. Why does Jim suspect the three men in trench coats are narcotics cops, not basketball scouts?
(a) One of their badges falls on the floor.
(b) Basketball scouts seldom hang out at the tavern.
(c) They look too geeky.
(d) They have a police car outside.

12. Where does Jim go when he decides to skip school at the start of spring 1965?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Yankee Stadium.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) Central Park.

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

14. What event triggers Jim's war paranoia?
(a) A blackout.
(b) An explosion.
(c) An argument.
(d) A news report.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the diary, what does Jim say he just wants to be?

2. What does everyone at headquarters chip in to buy after Willie Bender's death?

3. Who offers Jim a ride as far as 181st after his train breaks down?

4. What does Jim say the junkies shove in their mouths?

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

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