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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. Where does Jim go with his friends Kevin, Dolan, Yogi, Muffy, and Nardo Poo?
(a) A movie.
(b) Ice skating.
(c) A Knicks game.
(d) A party.

2. Where does Jim have a summer job?
(a) At school.
(b) At the Boys' Club.
(c) At Yankee Stadium.
(d) At Central Park.

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

4. How does Jim play on a league out of his age range?
(a) Jim does not know his real age.
(b) Jim's birthday is close enought to the cut-off date.
(c) The coach gives him a fake birth certificate.
(d) His position on the team is based on his skills.

5. Why does someone run for Brother Kenneth during Billy's seizure?
(a) He will say a prayer for him.
(b) He is used to handling them.
(c) He is the school nurse.
(d) He is related to Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Jim say his dead friend looks?

2. Which friend does not manage to get a seat on the train?

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

4. Who does Fat Eddie introduce Jim to when he arrives at his house?

5. Who does Jim plan to get drunk with in his new neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Jim think the little girl he meets might drop out of her class?

6. What theory about paying for food do Jim and his friends share while stoned?

7. How do Jim and his friends end up with the keys to the American Legion?

8. Why does Jim predict a gang war soon?

9. How are the passersby responding to Freddie C., who is exposing himself, in the Bronx?

10. Why does Jim call local trains lousy transit?

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