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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steve's father do when Steve comes home after 10 o'clock?
(a) He beats Steve.
(b) He leeaves.
(c) He yells at Steve.
(d) He grounds Steve.

2. What kind of temper does Rusty-James usually have?
(a) A slow to build one.
(b) A quick one.
(c) A calm one.
(d) A mean one.

3. In what does Steve believe?
(a) Working hard to overcome your environment.
(b) Working hard and playing hard.
(c) Letting Fate decide.
(d) Stay quiet and doing nothing.

4. Who steps out of the darkness with a tire iron?
(a) Smokey.
(b) One black and one white guy.
(c) Biff.
(d) Motorcycle Boy.

5. If there were still gangs, why does Smokey believe he would be president of a gang?
(a) He is smarter than Rusty-James.
(b) He is wealthier.
(c) He is a better fighter.
(d) He is a bigger boy.

6. What does Steve fear while watching the movie?
(a) Getting kicked out.
(b) A police raid.
(c) Getting hurt.
(d) Passing out from the alcohol.

7. About what does Rusty-James think when someone steps out of the darkness in the ally?
(a) Gangs.
(b) His own death.
(c) His parents.
(d) School.

8. Who sits down and talks to Rusty-James before going into Benny's?
(a) B.J.
(b) Midget.
(c) Steve.
(d) Motorcycle Boy.

9. Who does Rusty-James say he will look like when he gets older?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) James Dean.
(d) Motorcycle Boy.

10. After leaving the pet store, what does Motorcycle Boy do when he and Rusty-James get home?
(a) He eats dinner.
(b) He goes to sleep.
(c) He reads.
(d) He yells at Rusty-James.

11. For what does Rusty-James lose his taste?
(a) Soda.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Women.
(d) Alcohol.

12. What does Rusty-James hope will happen if he does not see Steve again?
(a) He will remember more.
(b) He will sleep better.
(c) He will miss him.
(d) He will forget.

13. To whose house does Rusty-James go after leaving the drugstore?
(a) Steve's.
(b) Patty's.
(c) Smokey's.
(d) His own home.

14. About what does Rusty-James tell everyone at Benny's?
(a) His expulsion from school.
(b) His head injury.
(c) His father's old profession.
(d) His wild night across the river.

15. While at the beach, what does Steve offer to buy Rusty-James?
(a) A beer.
(b) A bottle of brandy.
(c) A soda.
(d) A burger.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he comes in after he and Motorcycle Boy get home from the pet store, what does Rusty-James ask his father?

2. Who does Rusty-James want to see from the front booth?

3. Who is whacked in the head with a tire iron?

4. To what is Motorcycle Boy referring when he says, "...is like a beautiful wild kid on heroin, high as a kite and thinking she's on top of the world, not knowing she's dying, not believing it even if you show her the marks."

5. Where does Rusty-James spend the rest of the day after he leaves Steve's?

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