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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 Jim tell the cop is the reason he ran when they approached him in the park?

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

3. Why do Jim and his friends laugh during the giant fire on Second Ave.?

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

5. Who do Willie and Jim look for on the beach in Long Beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What behavior puzzles Jim about his rich classmates?

2. Why does Jim call local trains lousy transit?

3. What prank does Mancole play on a neighbor?

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

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

6. Why does Jim feel uneasy walking through Harlem with his friends?

7. Why is Chris's story about Willie's injury unlikely?

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

9. Why is Jim banned for the year from the dorm at NYU?

10. Why doesn't Jim get paid for the car he and his friends steal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

In the summer of 1965, what fuels Jim's fears about a bomb dropping on him? How does his location influence that fear? Might he feel differently if he was raised in a small town? Why or why not?

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