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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. Where does Jim have a summer job?
(a) At the Boys' Club.
(b) At Yankee Stadium.
(c) At Central Park.
(d) At school.

2. What do Jim and his friends use to attack girls on the eve of Halloween?
(a) Baseball bats.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Socks with flour.
(d) Balloons.

3. Who does Jim offer a joint to in the winter of 1964?
(a) His mom.
(b) Freddie C.
(c) Some older teens hanging out at the basketball court.
(d) A group of homeless men in an alley.

4. What does Jim's mother say when he calls her from Tom Miggrello's party?
(a) "Who won the game?"
(b) "I'm glad you called."
(c) "You really did it this time."
(d) "You're drunk."

5. Who does Jim plan to get drunk with in his new neighborhood?
(a) His mom.
(b) A girl next door.
(c) A few weed-heads.
(d) His cousin Kevin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim describe the guys in his new neighborhood?

2. What animal does Jim say exemplifies presence?

3. What does Jim check the almanac for when he gets home from school?

4. Who gets beat in the winter of 1964 for cheating on a religion quiz?

5. Where does Jim hide while Mr. Bluster looks for students cutting class?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why doesn't Jim like walking to gym class in Central Park?

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

6. How does Jim manage to hide his report card from his parents?

7. Why does Lefty leave his players in the Bronx?

8. Why does Jim call local trains lousy transit?

9. Why isn't Jim going to tell anyone he was in a baby powder commercial?

10. Why does Jim say the train toward 137th St. suddenly smells like a cattle car?

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