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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 Jim's team play in the first game of the season?
(a) St. Patrick's.
(b) St. Hilda's.
(c) St. Mary's.
(d) St. Luke's.

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

3. What do Jim and his friends have to buy at the all-night deli for their morning sandwiches?
(a) Baloney.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Bread.
(d) Cheese.

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

5. How old is Jim, when the story begins?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Jim go after the game against Horace Mann?

3. Jim says, "I just want to be _____ and live in the _____."

4. What does Jim say Melody looks like?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What event makes Jim wonder where his life is heading?

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

7. What are does Jim say his dad does everyday when he comes home from work?

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

9. Why does Jim feel he has to watch himself in the woods?

10. Why does Jim call local trains lousy transit?

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