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

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

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

4. What fake name does Brian give when he purchases codeine?
(a) Alexander Pope.
(b) Bill Russell.
(c) James Bond.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

5. How does Jim describe the guys in his new neighborhood?
(a) Hippies.
(b) Junkies.
(c) All-American.
(d) Jocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fall of 1964, what old friend of Jim's dies?

2. Willie goes to the beach to wash what out of his hair?

3. What does Jim's mother say when he calls her from Tom Miggrello's party?

4. What is Jim's motivation for getting along with his cousin's friends in Manhattan?

5. Who does Jim go to Staten Island with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Jim and some of his teammates draw pills out of a hat before the game at Horace Mann?

3. Why does Jim predict a gang war soon?

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

5. Why does Jim settle for methadone when he wants dope?

6. How does Jim end up playing on a new team at the summer league championship game?

7. What prank does Mancole play on a neighbor?

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

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

10. How does Jim react to seeing his friend Bobby Sachs's dead body?

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