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

2. Why does Jim have trouble communicating to one of the police officers who stop him in the park?
(a) Jim is trying to talk to someone else at the same time.
(b) Steve doesn't speak English very well.
(c) There is too much noise for them to hear each other.
(d) Jim is stoned.

3. Who helps Jim and Brian find codeine?
(a) Dolan.
(b) Poo.
(c) Muffy.
(d) Johnny Murry.

4. What is Jim required to do at school once a month?
(a) Give an oral report.
(b) Go to confession.
(c) Meet with the principal.
(d) Volunteer work.

5. Who do Willie and Jim look for on the beach in Long Beach?
(a) Tom Miggrello.
(b) Tom McNulty.
(c) The Celia sisters.
(d) Benny Greenbaum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim have a summer job?

2. What does Rudy the foreman do after he chases Jim to the ramp at Yankee Stadium?

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

4. What does Jim call the annual Thanksgiving fast at school?

5. What does the old lady on the bus tell Jim will happen in a month?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jim say he never liked Bobo from the old Boys' Club bunch?

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

3. What prank does Mancole play on a neighbor?

4. Why is Jim embarrassed during the game against St. Hilda's?

5. Describe Jim's experience in chapel service on his first day of school.

6. What does Jim say is the worst part of his addiction?

7. What behavior puzzles Jim about his rich classmates?

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

9. Why does Jim suspect his family receives the Catholic News?

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

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