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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. Who does the Boys' Club have a memorial service for?
(a) Teddy Rayhill.
(b) Bro. Kenny.
(c) Herbie Hemslie.
(d) Bro. Wally Wade.

2. What does Jim's gym class mainly do at Central Park?
(a) Play touch football.
(b) Run.
(c) Gymnastics.
(d) Play soccer.

3. Who does Jim say was gunned down at a ballroom near 163rd?
(a) James Bond.
(b) Abe Lincoln.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Wilt Chamberlain.

4. What do Jim and friends call the huge rock they jump off of in the Bronx?
(a) The huge rock.
(b) Climbey.
(c) The cut.
(d) Big time.

5. 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 getting a D for effort.
(d) For throwing bricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim do after History classes on his first day of school?

2. Where do Jim and his friends tell Danny's mom they got the basketballs they bring home?

3. Why does Jim stay after school until 4:30 on the day of his friend's wake?

4. What does Jim think a requirement seems to be for attending Communist Party meetings?

5. Where does Jim's basketball team go for the play-off series?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jim banned for the year from the dorm at NYU?

2. Why is Chris's story about Willie's injury unlikely?

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

4. Why does Jim stop writing in the winter of 1964?

5. Why does Jim predict a gang war soon?

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

7. In the winter of 1964, how does Jim try to prove he is not hooked onmarijuana?

8. Why does Jim dread returning to a Catholic school?

9. Why does Jim believe drug pushers always have a supply no matter how many busts are made?

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

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