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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. What animal does Jim say exemplifies presence?
(a) Chimp.
(b) Crow.
(c) Cow.
(d) Cheetah.

2. What do Jim and his team want to do after their victory at Riverdale?
(a) Get drunk, do reefer, and sniff glue.
(b) Play a prank on Riverdale.
(c) Start a fight with some Riverdale fans.
(d) Break into an ice cream shop.

3. Willie goes to the beach to wash what out of his hair?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Soda.
(c) Blood.
(d) Ketchup.

4. How does Chris explain Willie's injury to the police officer who stops them?
(a) He says they found him that way.
(b) He says it was a sledding accident.
(c) He says he was attacked by a dog.
(d) He says he fell down some stairs.

5. Who do the cops tell Jim they are looking for in the park?
(a) One of his classmates.
(b) Someone with a gun.
(c) A guy who molested a little girl.
(d) A drug dealer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim have trouble communicating to one of the police officers who stop him in the park?

2. Who blows his cool in the locker room at half time in the game against Horace Mann?

3. What does Jim say the "old cigar chomping Garden regulars" love to see?

4. What does Jim wear to gym class at the park to feel less self-conscious?

5. Who helps Jim and Brian find codeine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim tell the principal's secretary when he calls in sick?

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

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

4. Why does a woman on the bus in Long Beach think Jim is "a commie"?

5. Why does Jim say he and his friends are not really breaking into the park to steal basketballs?

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

7. Why does Jim feel uneasy walking through Harlem with his friends?

8. Why does Jim call local trains lousy transit?

9. Describe Jim's behavior after he smokes a joint with the old Army vet.

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

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