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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim say his eyes feel like when sniffing cleaning fluid?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A roaring fire.
(c) Bowling balls.
(d) Needles.

2. Where does Jim go after the game against Horace Mann?
(a) Home.
(b) To the woods.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) To a bar.

3. In the spring of 1964, who does Jim describe as a saint?
(a) Father Kenny.
(b) Himself.
(c) His mom.
(d) An old man named Bill.

4. What animal does Jim say exemplifies presence?
(a) Chimp.
(b) Cow.
(c) Crow.
(d) Cheetah.

5. Who does Jim go to Staten Island with?
(a) His parents.
(b) Tony and Yogi.
(c) Chris and Willie.
(d) Lefty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim do on the eve of Halloween that leads to a beating?

2. What specialty does Jim say crooks on the Lower East Side have in common?

3. Who does Jim say is a die-hard Marxist?

4. Who does Jim plan to get drunk with in his new neighborhood?

5. Who does Jim offer a joint to in the winter of 1964?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jimmy Mancole behaving strangely, after he and Jim knock on every door and check every street corner looking for drugs?

2. How do the students at Jim's school support the poor and hungry blacks in the south?

3. Why does Jim feel Gums's family is being dramatic about him leaving for the Army?

4. Why does Jim run out of the theater during the movie?

5. How do Jim and his friends end up with the keys to the American Legion?

6. Why does Jim believe Sloppy Eddie and Willie Appleears are able to steal milk and bread from the Grand Union?

7. Why do the junkies in the tavern start ordering beer after the cops arrive?

8. Why doesn't Jim get paid for the car he and his friends steal?

9. How does Jim's dad respond when he tells him how the government suppresses the proletariat?

10. How does Jim's body feel when he tries heroin for the first time?

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