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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 Rusty-James' father give him?
(a) Clothes.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

2. What is Rusty-James doing at the onset of the novel?
(a) Napping.
(b) Sitting on the beach.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Drinking.

3. Who does Rusty-James meet from his past?
(a) Motorcycle Boy.
(b) Biff.
(c) Midget.
(d) Steve.

4. How does Motorcycle Boy get a motorcycle?
(a) He steals it.
(b) He builds it.
(c) He rents it.
(d) He buys it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does Rusty-James make to Patty?

2. What one thing so worries Rusty-James that he cannot think about his future?

3. What does Rusty-James say will rot your guts?

4. What do Rusty-James' father and Motorcycle Boy sometimes do that Rusty-James wishes they would not do?

5. In Chapter 5, what worries Rusty-James when he arrives home after being out all night?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, why does Rusty-James think that Patty still loves him?

2. What sets Motorcycle Boy apart from the others?

3. What happens to Rusty-James when he is frisked by the police?

4. What is important about the river?

5. In Chapter 2, with what does Steve try to get Rusty-James to confront and deal?

6. Why is Patterson watching Rusty-James and Motorcycle Boy when they leave the drugstore?

7. How do the type of classes Rusty-James has in school impact his character?

8. What does Rusty-James' father do when he gets home in Chapter 5?

9. Why does Steve think people in the neighborhood will have a heart attack if Rusty-James goes home?

10. Why does Rusty-James like the ocean?

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