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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. Why does a chorus of people laugh at Jim on a previous train ride?

2. Who at school does Jim decide to steal from?

3. Who stops Jim in the bushes at Central Park?

4. What does Jim consume to make the trip to Long Island to see Fat Eddie bearable?

5. Who does Jim offer a joint to in the winter of 1964?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why doesn't Ju-Ju think Jim can pass as his son?

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

7. Why does Jim think Melody, his blind date, is strange?

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

9. What behavior puzzles Jim about his rich classmates?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do priests and brothers show their power at Jim's school? How do the students interact with them?

Essay Topic 2

How does the abuse Jim experiences at Riker's compare to the harsh reality of his everyday life on the streets? What psychological problems might he face as a result of his experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Jim's interactions with people of other cultures. How does he get along with them? What conflicts does he have? What type of language does he use to describe them?

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