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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does Piri wish he had run away?
(a) A school day
(b) Night time
(c) Christmas Day
(d) Daytime

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piri ask his father to get him?

2. Who chases Piri out of the school?

3. What does Piri tell Brew he is not?

4. What part of Piri's body did Rocky injure?

5. What nationality is Piri's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Piri injure his hand?

2. Why does Marcia claim she cannot dance with Piri?

3. Describe Piri's job as a shoeshine boy.

4. Describe Piri's time with the baseball team at his new school.

5. What happens when Piri goes for a job interview in Section 4?

6. Why does Piri think his father does not like him as much as his other children?

7. How does racism bother Piri in the fourth section?

8. How does Piri's father react to Piri's temporary blindness?

9. Describe Piri's upbringing.

10. Why do Piri and his gang decide to go with Alfredo?

(see the answer keys)

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