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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 subject does Rusty-James say is not his strong point?
(a) Math.
(b) Reading.
(c) English.
(d) Geometry.

2. After leaving Cassandra on the stairs, Rusty-James goes into his apartment and finds Motorcycle Boy doing what?
(a) Reading.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Staring at the wall.

3. Who reminds the boys that they had stopped all this "cowboys and Indians crap"?
(a) The Motorcycle Boy.
(b) Rusty-James.
(c) Smokey.
(d) Steve.

4. Where is Rusty-James at the onset of the novel?
(a) The hotel.
(b) The city.
(c) The reformatory.
(d) The beach.

5. What weapon does Biff bring to the fight?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A taser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Motorcycle Boy not like?

2. What does Rusty-James think the picture of Motorcycle Boy resembles?

3. What other character attends Cleveland High School?

4. What does Rusty-James' father give him?

5. Which character's face is beaten into a bloody pulp by Rusty-James in the fight in the lot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does ordering chocolate milk from the counter at Benny's say about Rusty-James?

2. After locating a former gang member, what important fact does Rusty-James learn about Motorcycle Boy?

3. Why does Rusty-James resent Steve's presence on the beach?

4. What is important about the river?

5. Why does Smokey believe that no one will follow Rusty-James into a knife fight?

6. Why does it take Rusty-James longer than he thought to forget about Motorcycle Boy's death?

7. Why does Smokey believe he would be president of a gang and Rusty-James would be a lieutenant?

8. What does Rusty-James do to make sure he is taken to the hospital by the police?

9. Why does Rusty-James say that Coach Ryan likes him as he would a vicious dog?

10. In Chapter 3, what does the apartment reveal about Rusty-James' family?

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