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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Why does Jim visit his girlfriend, Hedi, every Friday?
(a) Her family has parties on Fridays.
(b) Their favorite TV show comes on every Friday.
(c) She is in the hospital.
(d) Her parents are not home.

4. Who does Jim attend a game at Yankee Stadium with?
(a) An executive named Dave.
(b) A waitress named Susan.
(c) His brother.
(d) His dad.

5. What do Jim and Mancole realize the man in Chinatown is selling?
(a) Opium.
(b) Donuts.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Watches.

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

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

8. What does Bobby Blake decide to eat at Gussie's Soda Fountain?
(a) Pizza slice.
(b) A pickle.
(c) Grilled cheese sandwich.
(d) Hot dog.

9. What does Willie do to Jim's soda that offends him?
(a) Drops it.
(b) Puts alcohol in it.
(c) Sniffs it.
(d) Wipes the top before he drinks.

10. How does Jim disguise himself while robbing a man in the park?
(a) He wears make-up.
(b) He puts his hair in a beret.
(c) He wears a ski mask.
(d) He wears a bandana over his face.

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

12. What does Jim say is growing in this country?
(a) Crime.
(b) A peace movement.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Fear.

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

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

15. What does Jim think about more than Karl Marx?
(a) A fire truck.
(b) Russians.
(c) Cops.
(d) A-bombs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim go to play in the National High School All-Star Basketball game?

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

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

4. How does Bobby Blake get into Gussie's Soda Fountain?

5. What age does Jim recall that keeps returning to him one day in the summer 1965?

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