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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the newspaper call Jim and his friends?

2. Who gets beat in the winter of 1964 for cheating on a religion quiz?

3. What do Jim and his friends have to buy at the all-night deli for their morning sandwiches?

4. Who helps Jim and Brian find codeine?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do both teams win the summer league championship game?

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

3. What does Jim claim he and his friends have mastered?

4. Why does Lefty leave his players in the Bronx?

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

6. Why does Jim predict a gang war soon?

7. Why do the junkies in the tavern start ordering beer after the cops arrive?

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

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

10. What does Jim say is the advantage of going to a private school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why might basketball be the chosen sport for Jim? What factors make this a popular sport with boys in his community?

Essay Topic 2

How is New York a hero for Jim? How might his life writing be different if he grew up in another place?

Essay Topic 3

How does being an athlete help Jim fit in? How does a good reputation as an athlete create opportunities for Jim?

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