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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. What does Louie leave New York to do?
(a) Go straight
(b) Play baseball
(c) Travel the world
(d) Join the military

2. Where are Billy and Danny from?
(a) Babylon
(b) The Bronx
(c) Newark
(d) Louisville

3. Which member of his family does Piri have an argument with?
(a) His mother
(b) Jose
(c) His father
(d) James

4. What did Brew drop on one of the boys' faces?
(a) A glass
(b) A bike
(c) A rock
(d) A knife

5. What work does Piri do aboard the ship?
(a) Deck hand
(b) Waiter
(c) Cook
(d) Singer

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gerald writing a book about?

2. Why do Piri and his father stop fighting in the morning?

3. What do the prisoners call Ricardo?

4. Who does Piri wish could see inside him?

5. What do Piri and Brew want to join in Norfolk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Piri feel about Trina marrying another man?

2. Why does Rocky want to fight with Piri?

3. What does Piri think the girl who rubbed against him on the train said to her friends?

4. Describe Jose and James' physical appearance.

5. What are Brew and Piri's opinion of Gerald?

6. Why does Brew think the term "boy" is acceptable?

7. How does the prison guard, Casey, react to Piri and Little fighting?

8. What is Piri's sentence for shooting the policeman and for the robbery?

9. Describe the fight between Piri and his father in Section 7.

10. Describe the system the gang uses to rob bars and stores.

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