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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rusty-James find to eat in the apartment?
(a) Sardines and crackers.
(b) Bread.
(c) Bologna.
(d) Cookies.

2. What does Rusty-James do at lunch with Smokey and B.J.?
(a) He loses fifty cents in a poker game.
(b) He eats.
(c) He leaves school.
(d) He sits with Steve.

3. What does Patty's mother do for a living?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a cop.
(d) She is a waitress.

4. Who is in the reformatory with Rusty-James?
(a) Alex.
(b) Biff.
(c) Steve.
(d) Motorcycle Boy.

5. Where does Biff want to meet Rusty-James?
(a) An alley behind the pet store.
(b) At school.
(c) At his house.
(d) A vacant lot behinid the pet store.

6. Who shows up white-faced at Benny's after school?
(a) Steve.
(b) Patty.
(c) Biff.
(d) Smokey.

7. Who is Anita?
(a) Steve's girlfriend.
(b) Biff's girlfriend.
(c) Biff's sister.
(d) Rusty-James' friend.

8. Whose gang is waiting at the end of the vacant lot?
(a) Steve's.
(b) Motorcycle Boy's.
(c) Smokey's.
(d) Biff's.

9. Where does Rusty-James find Motorcycle Boy after he leaves Patty in Chapter 6?
(a) At home.
(b) At the bridge.
(c) At Benny's.
(d) At a drugstore.

10. What does Rusty-James think the picture of Motorcycle Boy resembles?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A painting.
(c) A rebel.
(d) A drawing.

11. What does Rusty-James say about his brain?
(a) It is lazy.
(b) It is messed up.
(c) It is smart.
(d) It is buzzing.

12. What does Patty do when her mother is at work?
(a) Homework.
(b) Watches movies.
(c) Babysits her three little brothers.
(d) Washes clothes.

13. Why does Rusty-James not want to talk about the good old days?
(a) He misses them.
(b) He cannot remember them.
(c) He does not think they are good days.
(d) He hates them.

14. What name does Rusty-James' father call him?
(a) Son.
(b) Russel-James.
(c) James.
(d) Motorcycle Junior.

15. What scares Rusty-James about Motorcycle Boy?
(a) His smile.
(b) His attitude.
(c) His language
(d) His presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, where does Rusty-James go after storming out of Benny's?

2. What kind of story is "Rumble Fish?"

3. Where does Rusty-James go at midnight?

4. What bothers Rusty-James about the situation with Biff?

5. What does Coach Ryan offer Rusty-James?

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