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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Piri find in this section?
(a) Clerk
(b) Pump attendant
(c) Kitchen attendant
(d) Waiter

2. Why do Piri's parents want to move to Long Island?
(a) More fun
(b) Quieter
(c) Better opportunities
(d) Cheaper

3. What do Piri's parents argue about?
(a) Getting married
(b) Money
(c) Having another child
(d) Piri

4. What job does Piri answer an advertisement for?
(a) Chaplain
(b) Usher
(c) Salesman
(d) Shoe shiner

5. Which member of his family does Piri look most like?
(a) His father
(b) His grandfather
(c) His mother
(d) His grandmother

6. Who does Piri say his father used to work for?
(a) JPA
(b) YMCA
(c) WPA
(d) GDA

7. Why can Piri's father not talk to his son the following day?
(a) He has to go to work
(b) He is in bad mood
(c) He has to find a job
(d) He has to talk to mother

8. What does Piri call white people when he shouts at Angelo?
(a) Mother jumps
(b) Grandad hearts
(c) Evil
(d) Devils

9. What does Piri see the store owner opening when they go to another store?
(a) A packet of cocaine
(b) A safe
(c) A sack of money
(d) A packet of heroin

10. What earns Piri applause on the baseball field?
(a) The winning run
(b) A homerun
(c) A catch
(d) His strong arm

11. Who chases Piri out of the school?
(a) Miss Shepherd
(b) Mr. Coombes
(c) Rocky
(d) The principal

12. Where do Betty and Piri have sex?
(a) A church
(b) A park
(c) A field
(d) A cleaning cupboard

13. What does Piri tell Brew he is not?
(a) A wimp
(b) A white man
(c) A negro
(d) A Puerto Rican

14. What is the name of Pane's sister?
(a) Truck
(b) Limpet
(c) Lorry
(d) Yike

15. What is Piri reading with his friends in this section?
(a) The newspaper
(b) Magazines
(c) Novels
(d) Comic books

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Piri ask to dance?

2. What is the name of the woman Piri's father is having an affair with?

3. Which member of Piri's family dies in this chapter?

4. Who answers the door to Piri?

5. What kind of drink are the kids selling?

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