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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not New York street slang?
(a) Baby
(b) Coolie
(c) Doobie
(d) Stone

3. Who does Piri say he hates?
(a) Teachers
(b) White people
(c) Girls
(d) Black people

4. How does Piri take the heroin?
(a) Eats it
(b) Snorts it
(c) Smokes it
(d) Injects it

5. Who pulls Piri away from fighting the man on the train?
(a) Paulie
(b) His mother
(c) James
(d) Betty

6. Who chases after Piri?
(a) Angelo
(b) Marcia
(c) James
(d) Joe

7. When does Piri's father say he will talk to him?
(a) The following day
(b) After dinner
(c) Before bedtime
(d) Next week

8. Where do Piri and his family move to at the beginning of the section?
(a) Long Island
(b) Brooklyn
(c) Spanish Harlem
(d) The Bronx

9. What is the name of the girl Piri meets at the hospital?
(a) Helen
(b) Doris
(c) Joan
(d) Betty

10. What is the name of the woman Piri's father is having an affair with?
(a) Helena
(b) Ruthie
(c) Lauren
(d) Daisy

11. What does Piri add to the shoes to give them a good finish?
(a) Lanolin cream
(b) Candle wax
(c) Ubik spray
(d) Spit

12. What do Piri and his friend plan to rob from the second store?
(a) Clothes
(b) Comic books
(c) Money
(d) Food

13. What is the name of the girl Piri falls in love with?
(a) Pauline
(b) Barbados
(c) Marcia
(d) Trinidad

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

15. What part of Long Island does the family move to?
(a) Holt
(b) Gordonshire
(c) Bethleham
(d) Babylon

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has hit Piri in this chapter?

2. What does Piri do when he hears Marcia talk about him?

3. What team does Piri try out for in this chapter?

4. What drug does Piri smoke at the faggots' apartment?

5. How does Piri sometimes sneak out of his classroom?

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