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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. Where does Motorcycle Boy say he has been for the last two weeks?
(a) Memphis.
(b) California.
(c) Church.
(d) Reformatory.

2. What does Motorcycle Boy not like?
(a) Fish.
(b) Motorcycles.
(c) Drugs.
(d) People.

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

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

5. What other character attends Cleveland High School?
(a) Steve.
(b) Biff.
(c) B.J.
(d) Midget.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Motorcycle Boy get his name?

2. Where does Rusty-James go at midnight?

3. Whose gang is waiting at the end of the vacant lot?

4. Who shuffles papers as if Rusty-James is wasting his time?

5. What happens to Rusty-James when his attention is diverted from Biff?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Motorcycle Boy's explanation about why Rusty-James does not like to be alone an eye opening experience for Rusty-James?

2. What does Rusty-James' father mean when he says, "Our marriage was a classic example of a preacher marrying an atheist, thinking to make a convert?"

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

4. Why does Steve worry about everyone coming to witness the fight between Rusty-James and Biff?

5. What does Motorcycle Boy mean when he tells Steve, "loyalty is his only vice?"

6. Why is Rusty-James upset that Steve has been beaten up?

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

8. What is the significance of Motorcycle Boy's comparing the gang violence to playing "Cowboys and Indians?"

9. What does Rusty-James recognize about Motorcycle Boy when he sees some of Motorcycle Boy's old gang members?

10. What does Steve's confession that he is going to college to be a teacher reveal about his character?

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