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

2. Where do Willie and Jim leave their pipe after their night of smoking and drinking?

3. What does Jim call the annual Thanksgiving fast at school?

4. In the fall of 1963, who is the neighbor taken away for mental health problems?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the winter of 1964, how does Jim try to prove he is not hooked onmarijuana?

4. What does Jim say is the worst part of his addiction?

5. Why does Jim call his abusive teacher "the fine Christian Brother"?

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

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

8. Compare Jim's basketball team to the team at Riverdale High.

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

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

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

Why does Jim want to return to public school? How is his Catholic school different than a public school? How is it similar?

Essay Topic 3

How does Jim show his identity? How does his identity change over the course of his teen years?

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