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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. Why does Jim get three raps across the hand at school?
(a) For putting his elbows on the table at lunch.
(b) For talking back to a teacher.
(c) For throwing bricks.
(d) For getting a D for effort.

2. Which friend does not manage to get a seat on the train?
(a) Muffy.
(b) Poo.
(c) Yogi.
(d) Kevin.

3. What does Jim call the apartment of Brian and John Browning?
(a) The Browning.
(b) Headquarters.
(c) The Place.
(d) BJB.

4. Who at school does Jim decide to steal from?
(a) Mr. principal.
(b) The teachers.
(c) The wrestling team.
(d) Ravi.

5. Who stops Jim in the bushes at Central Park?
(a) Mr. Doolittle.
(b) A tourist asking for directions.
(c) Two horse-patrol cops.
(d) The school principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confronts Brother G. about his punishment in class?

2. Where is Brother G. reported to be when he doesn't return to school?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What theory about paying for food do Jim and his friends share while stoned?

2. What does Jim claim he and his friends have mastered?

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

4. How does Jim feel at the end of the diary?

5. Why does Pedro stay home from the basketball game?

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

7. How are the passersby responding to Freddie C., who is exposing himself, in the Bronx?

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

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

10. Why does Jim call local trains lousy transit?

(see the answer keys)

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