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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. Where does Jim have a summer job?

2. What does Jim ask his mom for that makes her angry?

3. Why does Jim punch Larry out in the school trophy room?

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

5. Who confronts Brother G. about his punishment in class?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jim feel at the end of the diary?

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

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

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

6. Describe the plan Jim's friends execute to deter cops from driving on the paths at the park.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a "war baby?" Why does Jim believe he is paying for a war he was not alive for? Discuss how war affects future generations.

Essay Topic 2

How do Jim and his friends show respect for each other? Give an example from the text of one person reaching out to help another.

Essay Topic 3

How is Jim a loyal friend? What decisions does he make that show this quality?

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